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Rafael Nadal a dû trimer dur, mais il a décroché son billet en vue des demi-finales du Masters 1000 d'Indian Wells en battant Nick Kyrgios en trois sets, ...

Il a exulté mais a fini par déchanter dans le 3e set, Nadal parvenant enfin à élever son niveau de jeu. Et Kyrgios de sortir de son match, se plaignant encore de bruits pendant les échanges, en visant notamment la rangée où se trouvait l'acteur et réalisateur Ben Stiller. Et puis, après avoir été breaké à 4-3, il a levé le pouce en direction des spectateurs puis tancé l'arbitre : « c'est ton put... de job de contrôler le public! De toute façon, le no 4 mondial venait de réussir un tie-break parfait, après avoir débreaké à 5-4 contre lui, rappelant que même dans un jour sans, il ne lâche jamais rien. Mais de spectacle il y eu sur le court. Il a souvent éructé des noms d'oiseaux, dont un « ferme ta put...

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INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Rafael Nadal defeated Nick Kyrgios 7-6 (0), 5-7, 6-4 Thursday to reach the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open in a match featuring ...

He gave the bent racket to a young boy in the stands. “So obviously, I was frustrated, but it was a hell of a match.” “Like, just sit and enjoy the show. Kyrgios dropped the balls he was holding and calmly walked to his seat. “I think Nick had a great attitude during the whole match in terms of fighting spirit, and of course he has his personality, his character,” Nadal said. Nadal's drop shot caught Kyrgios by surprise and the Australian let loose with an F-bomb during the point. Later, the umpire told the crowd not to yell out between first and second serves. He also had leads of 3-1 and 5-3 in the set. After the post-match handshake, Kyrgios walked to his seat and smashed his racket on the court. “It landed a meter from my foot and skidded and nearly hit him,” Kyrgios said. Nadal won three straight games to lead 6-5 in the first. I think if I did that a million times over it wouldn’t have gone that way.”

Rafael Nadal defeats Nick Kyrgios to continue his perfect start to the 2022 season at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.

Kyrgios played with power and confidence for the majority of the match, with the final phase of the first and third sets the only exceptions. Soon after, Nadal earned his second break of the match on a double fault to lead 4-3. "After the way that I finished the second with a couple of mistakes, I knew the beginning of the third will be so important and probably critical for me. Kyrgios dropped just two points on serve in the stanza, winning 88 per cent (15/17) of those exchanges according to Infosys ATP Stats. He pushed Nadal to 30/30 in three return games before making a late breakthrough of his own with the help of a Nadal break point and a few untimely errors. That break changed the colour of the match, as Kyrgios grew frustrated and Nadal began to repel his opponent's power with greater success. With the 7-6(0), 5-7, 6-4 victory, Nadal extends his perfect season to 19-0 and improves his ATP Head2Head record against Kyrgios to 6-3, including wins in their past three meetings.

Rafael Nadal a défait Nick Kyrgios 7-6 (0), 5-7 et 6-4, jeudi, atteignant ainsi les demi-finales à Indian Wells.

L’Australien a aussi joué au mariole au sixième jeu du premier set avec un service par en-dessous, à 40-0. Finalement, aucune représentante de l’unifolié ne s’est qualifiée. Il a concédé le premier set quand l’arbitre a donné un point à Nadal à 6-0 au bris d’impasse, après que Kyrgios ait adressé des propos vulgaires à un spectateur.

Rafael Nadal quelled the spirited challenge of a typically effervescent Nick Kyrgios to reach the Indian Wells semi-finals.

“I think Nick had a great attitude during the whole match in terms of fighting spirit, and of course he has his personality, his character,” Nadal said. Being selfish, it’s great to have such a star from my country ... I wish him all the very best.” That all changed as the Australian’s head appeared turned by the crowd during the final games and he smashed another racket after shaking hands with Nadal. It bounced up and away, nearly striking a ball boy standing at the back of the court. “It landed a metre from my foot and skidded and nearly hit him,” Kyrgios said. I think if I did that a million times over it wouldn’t have gone that way.” Kyrgios snapped back at a crowd member as he waited for quiet on his serve, drawing the point penalty. You don’t protect the players from any of that stuff.” “That’s what makes him great.” “I think I played a good third set,” Nadal said in an on-court interview. During the match, Kyrgios’s concentration was disrupted on several occasions, and he became visibly and audibly riled by the noise from the stands. “I was returning better, I was solid with my serve. “How long you going to let that shit go on for?” Kyrgios said.