Indian Wells 2022 - Rafael Nadal chalks up his 19th win in a row against a volatile Nick Kyrgios to reach the last four

Rafael Nadal stretched his winning streak in 2022 to 19 matches in another controversial and enthralling battle with his old foe Nick Kyrgios. The 21-time Grand Slam champion fought hard to overcome both the talent and theatrics of the Aussie to book a spot in the Indian Wells semi finals courtesy of a 7-6 (0) 5-7 6-4 victory. Ad/> It was an incident-packed, epic affair lasting two hours and 46 minutes with the three-time champion improving to 6-3 in the head-to-head with his bitter rival.

TennisNadal 'not in favour or not against', but is tie-break change good for tennis?19 HOURS AGO Nadal will now meet either Cameron Norrie or fellow Spaniard, Carlos Alcaraz in what will be his 11th appearance in the last four in the desert. “I think everybody has a tough match against Nick, especially when he’s playing against the best players,” Nadal told Amazon Prime. “He is always excited to play these types of matches and when he’s excited everybody knows how good he is and how dangerous he is.

“I’m happy with the victory. I knew it was going to be a tough match. He came to this round winning all of his matches very easily.

“I think he started the match very well. I was lucky to save that first set without a doubt. And then in the second, when the situation looks a bit better, I played a terrible game at 6-5 and I had to fight again at the beginning of the third to avoid the break.