'Bull' surrenders before 'express train'

In the second confrontation in 2017, Rafael Nadal had the opportunity to "take revenge" after losing to Roger Federer in the Australian Open final. However, once again, "The Bull" had to surrender to "The Express Train".

Tennis fans once again witnessed the “Classic” match between two tennis icons, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. After the confrontation at Melbourne Park more than a month ago, through five emotional sets, Federer defeated Nadal and completed the 18th Grand Slam of his career.

This time, at Indian Wells, the two players once again had the opportunity to face off in the same draw. In the third round, Nadal had an easy victory over his compatriot Fernando Verdasco, after 2 sets with the score of 6-3, 7-5. Meanwhile, Federer had a hard time overcoming Steve Johnson after 2 tie-breaks.

Both players entered the rematch with the highest level of excitement. In the first set, Federer broke in the first and fifth games, thereby rising to a quick 6-2 victory. In the second set, the same scenario happened, when Federer did not give Nadal a chance to break. With his excellence, along with a perfect one-handed backhand, "Express Train" once again made "Bull" convinced with a 6-3 victory.

Nadal has not been able to "avenge" Federer after losing at the Australian Open.

With the win, Federer booked his place in the quarterfinals. Here, the Swiss tennis player's opponent is Nick Kyrgios, the young Australian tennis player who just had a convincing victory over Novak Djokovic in the earlier match with a score of 6-4, 7-6 (7-3). 2 weeks ago, this 22-year-old tennis player also defeated Nole in the quarterfinals of Acalpuco.

Kyrgios once again subdued Djokovic.

Also in this round, Asia's No. 1 Kei Nishikori won after 1 hour and 18 minutes of play against the world's No. 60 Donald Young, with a score of 6-2, 6-4. In the quarterfinals, Nishikori will face Jack Sock, the American who won against Malek Jaziri.

Another Swiss player, Stan Wawrinka made a spectacular comeback against Yoshihito Nishikola, after 3 sets with the score of 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(7-4). Wawrinka's next obstacle will be the winner of the match between Gael Monfils and Dominic Thiem.

In the women's singles, WTA No. 8 Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in two sets with a score of 6-3, 6-2. In the remaining match, Roland Garros champion Garbine Muguruza lost to No. 2 seed Karolina Pliskova in two tie-breaks.

According to TT&VH