Nadal resolves his duel against Evans without brilliance

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Rafael Nadal

still does not find the best sensations on court but he is already in the round of 16 at Indian Wells.

Against the British

he fulfilled without excessive brilliance, solving the ballot in two sets (7-5 ​​and 6-3) waiting for days of greater inspiration.

Of course, he maintains his immaculate winning streak to start the season -there are already 17 consecutive- and he did not have to force as much to reach the next round as against

.

He solved in one hour and 42 minutes.

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The Spaniard began exhibiting the same doubts in his game as in the second round match, imprecise on serve and unable to impose his tennis.

He soon found himself down against a player who, despite only having one title in his career, is going through one of the best moments of his career at 31 years old.

In fact, last year he reached his first semifinals in a Masters 1,000, that of Monte Carlo, and for a few minutes he believed in the possibility of giving the bell against a colossus like the Balearic Islands.

The 3-1 lead and Nadal's ten unforced errors in the first four games invited optimism.

Evans went from serve to serve without giving credit to the amount of points that his opponent was giving him.

Until Nadal took a precise rest from his hat to force his first break ball and tie the match at four games.

Not playing well, but competing, for a change.

Even so, the ephemeral blow to morale did not help to reverse the terms of the clash.

The 21-time Grand Slam winner was still erratic, unusually imprecise.

400 wins in Masters 1,000

The greatness did not dust her off until the twelfth game, on Evans' serve, forcing three break balls with one of those impossible shots from the bottom of the court to score the first set 7-5.

She awkward, imprecise, lacking rhythm, with 17 unforced errors and four double faults, but hers.

The English suffered the blow and gave away the

after an unusual failure (2-0).

The right with the frame of Nadal's racket went through the roof and the British's

was even more grotesque.

Party almost seen for sentence.

Or so it seemed.

Evans squeezed and forced Nadal to spend 7 minutes on the court to keep his serve, with a

point included.

They were the best minutes of the Australian Open champion.

He started to drop his arm and hit winners.

With this there are already 400 victories in Masters 1,000 matches, the first man to achieve it, a fact that the Spaniard downplayed at the end of the match.

He was happy about the slight improvement in his game, especially in the second set.

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