Taylor Fritz celebrates reaching his maiden ATP Masters 1000 final in Indian Wells on Saturday. © Peter Staples/ATP Tour. ATP Staff Mar 20, 2022.
I'm going to go just play my style of tennis and I'm not going to let the moment affect me. “It's a great start to the year either way, and [I will] regroup, build on it, and keep these results coming the rest of the year. I hit the ball really well, so [it is] definitely kind of the confidence booster I need going into the final, to feel like I am really playing my best tennis. “From my standpoint, maybe I'm not going to get completely served off the court, I can potentially get looks at return games. But he's such a good returner that it [also] works the other way, he's going to get looks at my serves. I feel like a little bit of that was nerves, kind of seeing the draw open up, playing these matches where I kind of expect myself to win.
American Taylor Fritz upset Rafael Nadel 6-3, 7-6 (5) Sunday to win the BNP Paribas Open and snap the 21-time major champion's 20-match winning streak this ...
I was not playing the way I was playing the last few days. Swiatek broke twice in the second set for a 5-1 lead. Fritz raced to a 5-1 lead in the first set, breaking Nadal twice. Sakkari held once to tie the set, 4-all. "But I was not moving the way I wanted. "It was pretty hard to play with precision." "I tried my best during the last two weeks," Nadal told the crowd. "Right now, it’s too surreal to describe it, honestly," Swiatek said. Nadal held to force the tiebreaker. The first one came after he lost the first set. I had a good fight to the end." He got treatment on court after falling behind 5-4 in the second set.
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Taylor Fritz upset Rafael Nadel 6-3, 7-6 (5) to win the BNP Paribas Open and snap the 21-time major champion's 20-match winning ...
Nadal sent two straight forehands well wide to set up Fritz’s second match point. He had two break points on Fritz’s serve in the next game, but the Fritz held for a 6-5 lead. Nadal fought off a match point on his serve with a forehand winner to tie the second set 5-all.
With the win, Fritz becomes the first American to win an Indian Wells singles title since Andre Agassi in 2001.
He lost to Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia but later said that his run at Indian Wells ignited a level of confidence that helped him reach the top-20 for the first time. Nadal climbed his way back to take a 5-4 lead, but Fritz scored the next three points to put the match to bed. But to win a title you’ve got to beat the best.” Fritz has been coming to the Indian Wells tournament for as long as he can remember. Nadal then held to take the set to a tiebreak, where Nadal had been 4-0 during this tournament. Then, during the first set on Sunday, he met with an ATP doctor and physio during a break in play. After Nadal returned to the court, he seemed rejuvenated. Nadal entered the match with his own health concerns. Fritz will rise to No. 13 in the ATP rankings on Monday. On the Tennis Channel broadcast, Grand Slam champion Jim Courier said that tournament director Tommy Haas texted him Sunday morning to see if Courier had any tennis gear with him. Fritz limped around Stadium Court on Sunday morning and walked off the court just minutes after his warmup began. Only Novak Djokovic has had a longer streak to start a season since the ATP Tour began in 1990.
Rafael Nadal has lost for the first time in 2022. Taylor Fritz defeated Nadal in straight sets in Sunday's men's singles championship match at the 2022 BNP.
He responded each time and forced a tiebreak, but Fritz emerged with a win over a legend. Fritz not only won the first set, but he did so in rather dominant fashion with three breaks in five of Nadal's service games. He defeated Daniil Medvedev in a thrilling five-set comeback in the final to clinch his record 21st Grand Slam championship.
Many thought Rafael Nadal might pull even with Novak Djokovic in the ATP Masters 1000 title count—at an astonishing 37—without ever striking a tennis ball ...
In a 10-minute game that followed, Nadal failed to convert a series of break points, putting Fritz closer to his very first Masters title. When Nadal finally took a lead on Fritz—breaking for 2-1 in the second set—positivity peeked out. It became evident that the answer was yes, when the Spaniard called for a doctor and physio just before Fritz closed out a 6-3 first set.