Rafa Nadal dug deep to beat mercurial wildcard Nick Kyrgios 7-6 (0) 5-7 6-4 in a blockbuster quarter-final match that lived up to the hype at Indian Wells on Thursday and set up a clash with ...

Nadal, 35, is nearly twice Alcaraz’s age and defeated him, 6-1, 6-2, last year on clay on Alcaraz’s 18th birthday in the round of 32 at the Madrid Open.

When Carlos Alcaraz uncorked a topspin lob to end a 19-minute 52-second game and break Nadal’s serve late in the second set of their semifinal on Saturday at the BNP Paribas Open, it appeared ...

March 19 (Reuters) - A defiant Rafa Nadal won an all-Spanish clash of the generations taming teenager Carlos Alcaraz 6-4 4-6 6-3 to stretch his winning run to 20 matches on Saturday and clinch a ...

INDIAN WELLS, Calif.—Rafael Nadal faced down the future and emerged victorious, outlasting Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 Saturday night to reach the BNP Paribas Open final and ...

It was also his 20th win at the tournament in the space of just 22 career matches in Indian Wells, his only defeats coming to Andy Murray in 2021 and Rafael Nadal in 2022.

Alcaraz won Miami in 2022 and Indian Wells in 2023, so these courts should give him a chance to regain some momentum in 2024. Let’s hope his recent ankle injury doesn’t get in the way.