'Maybe one of my worst matches of the year' - Rafael Nadal's assessment of Indian Wells win over Sebastian Korda

Rafael Nadal felt he played possibly one of his “worst matches of the year” in his Indian Wells second round match against Sebastian Korda after emerging victorious in three sets. Nadal overcame the American 6-2 1-6 7-6(3) , coming from a double break down in the third set, to set up a meeting with Great Britain’s Dan Evans in the next round. Ad/> The 35-year-old was able to maintain his 100 per cent win record for 2022, but he did not think the match was going to go his way.

ATP Indian WellsMedvedev seals first win as world No. 1, Nadal digs deep to down Korda12 HOURS AGO “Maybe I played one of my worst matches of the year so far,” Nadal said. “But Seb played great and his ball was very hard to play against.

I am happy just to get through and have a chance to play better in the next round." He added: «I thought I was lost today… and in Australia [Australian Open], very similar feeling. But that doesn't mean that I'm not going to keep trying or keep fighting. »Even if I think I'm going to lose the match, my mindset before returning that 5-2 game is, 'OK, I am playing bad, I had two breaks, but even if I'm going to lose, I'm going to try to finish the match having some better feelings.' “So I need to fight to find these better feelings in that last game." /> Nadal believed that in the end it was Korda’s unforced errors due to nerves that sealed him the win.

«I think it's true that probably he got a little bit more nervous,» he said. «He made some more mistakes, being honest. I think I played a little bit better at least.» «We all get nervous when we have to win matches.