Known as the "fifth Grand Slam", the American Indian Wells Masters has begun on March 10. Idol Nadal and five fans competed in the Indian Wells Masters, so it was not hilarious!
21 Grand Slam champions Nadal, exquisite in skill, tenacious will, excellent style and outstanding record, has won the support of hundreds of millions of fans, but also made some active players become his fans. Such as the world's seventh Russian golden monkey Rublev, the world's 12th British player Nori, the world's 14th Argentine dwarf tiger Schwartzmann, the world's 19th compatriot brother Alcaraz, as well as the former Czech tennis legend and the son of the 1998 Australian Open champion Koda, the world's 37th American Player Koda Jr. The five of them joined forces to participate in the Indian Wells Masters and competed with idol Nadal, becoming a beautiful scenery of the Indian Wells Masters.
According to the signing table, the Indian Wells Masters, the idol Nadal may be opposite the three fans in the net, directly competing.
At 4:30 a.m. today, the second round of the Indian Wells Masters staged a direct contest between idols and fans. After defeating 2022 Australian Open doubles champion Kokinakis in the first round, American Star II Koda Jr. ushered in the second opportunity of his career to challenge idol Nadal. In the 2020 French Open 1/8 final, Koda Jr., who reached the round of 16 of a Grand Slam for the first time, was very lucky to challenge his idol, the king of clay, Nadal, in Paris, France. The results can be imagined, 6:1, 6:1, 6:2, Nadal, who was born for the French Open, used a personal performance show, swept koda Jr. in three sets, and finally lifted the 13th Musketeers Cup and the 20th Grand Slam title. Coming to the hard court today, can Nadal, an idol with 15 consecutive wins and three consecutive championships in the 2022 season, be able to give another acting lesson to his fan brother Koda, who is 14 years younger?
Little Keda can't agree! After losing 2:6 in the first set, Koda Jr. took advantage of Nadal's slight relaxation (declining serve status and increased number of unforced errors) to break Nadal's two serves and unexpectedly pull back a set 6:1. Coming to the decider, Nadal's state has rebounded, but the little Koda who has played the momentum is still unstoppable, and after breaking Nadal's two serves in succession, the little Koda leads Nadal 5:2 and ushers in his own service win. Nadal, who was already standing on the edge of the cliff with one foot, could no longer afford to lose, and finally the god of war went down, winning four consecutive sets and then surpassing 6:5. After Koda Jr. struggled to save the final set, the two sides had to decide the outcome of this battle between idols and fans by grabbing seven in the decider. Nadal, who served first, saved one point, and Koda Jr. also saved a point, but the second serve was broken by Nadal Mini, and 1:2, Nadal took the lead. Unexpectedly, Nadal's next two serve points were actually successfully broken by Koda Jr., and 3:2, Koda Jr. came in later. Since then, Nadal has scored five consecutive points to win the seventh 7-3, taking away this thrilling and hard-won victory, rejecting the fans' reversal victory over the idol's shocking big cold goal occurred in the second round of the Indian Wells Masters.
After the game, Nadal said with some trepidation: "This is the worst game I have played so far this season, and the serve and forehand are not in shape. But I didn't give up, I fought all the time, and finally passed the test and won the victory a bit luckily. Corda Jr. played well, and maybe he deserved to win this game more.
In this way, idol Nadal opened the first set with four consecutive wins, four consecutive sets in the decider, and finally grabbed seven consecutive five points, and taught the fan brother Koda a lesson: how to drag the opponent when he is not in good shape, insist on fighting, never give up lightly, wait and create opportunities, to win the final victory. After this rollercoaster performance, Nadal continued to set a new season start in 22 years of his career with 16 consecutive wins in the 2022 season.
The second battle between idols and fans at the Indian Wells Masters is likely to take place in the semi-finals of the first half, with idol Nadal playing against defending Indian Welles Masters champion Nori, or this year's ATP500 Rio new club champion Alcaraz. However, whether this direct contest between the idol and the fan can be staged as scheduled depends not only on whether Nadal, who is in the best form and with the best record so far this season, can win four consecutive games to reach the semi-finals, but also on the creation of the two fans! Alcaraz has just reached the top 20 of the world rankings at the age of 18 years and 9 months, surpassing his idol Nadal to become the youngest player in the world rankings among active players, and will face the new Russian tsar Medvedev, who is the first time to play on the tour as the world number one in the quarterfinals. Equally difficult is the defending champion Nori, who will challenge Tsitsipas, the world's fifth-place winner and Greece's beauty, in the quarter-finals. The winners of the two quarter-finals compete for the only place in the quarter-finals, and only the winner can play Nadal in the semi-finals. Therefore, if the two fans, Alcaraz and Nori, want to have the opportunity to challenge the idol Nadal, they can only work hard! In particular, Nadal's compatriot fan brother Alcaraz, who was already competing with his idol Nadal as a practice partner yesterday, but if he wants to play against idol Nadal on the Tour for the second time in his career like his 18th birthday in the second round of the Madrid Masters last year, Alcaraz must redouble his efforts to make his dream come true!
The third battle between idols and fans at the Indian Wells Masters can only happen in the final final. If Nadal wins five games in a row to reach the final, it is possible to play against Rublev or Schwartzman. Rublev and Schwartzman are two fans in the same 4/4 zone, only one person can reach the final four, and the semi-final against the world's third small Zverev or the world's sixth Beretini, it is not a small difficulty. Only by cutting through thorns and snatching the pass can Rublev and Schwarzman finally kill the idol Nadal in the final and stage a championship battle between the idol and the fan!
The battle of idol fans, fans are looking forward to it! (Source: Tennis House Author: Colorful Bean Powder)