RAFAEL NADAL DEMONSTRATED EXCESSIVELY SOLID FOR ENGLAND'S DAN EVANS AS HE PROCEEDED WITH HIS SENSATIONAL STRUCTURE IN 2022 BY ARRIVING AT THE LAST 16 AT INDIAN WELLS.
Evans broke early and drove 3-1 and 4-2 yet Nadal broke serve two times to win the initial set 7-5.
The Spaniard, who has not lost in 2022 and has 17 straight successes, broke from the get-go in set two and fixed a 7-5 6-3 win.
Somewhere else, Daniil Medvedev lost his last-32 match against Gael Monfils and will lose his reality number one positioning.
World number four Nadal, who organized an epic fightback to beat American Sebastian Korda in the past round, is the man to beat right now - as Evans recognized.
"It's hard to make sense of the inclination you get against him," said Evans. "He played well overall, I thought, he was extremely forceful and he didn't actually allow me much opportunity to approach.
"I was content with the manner in which I played. It's an awful coordinate for me - it would be great to have a twofold given strike in the present circumstance."
Nadal's success implies he will play American Reilly Opelka or Canada's Denis Shapovalov in the following round.
The 35-year-old said: "I have been playing after two or three games endlessly better. That is significant for certainty and playing against a decent adversary like Dan is great for me.
"I think the match toward the start was troublesome. He put me under tension going to the net. It was difficult to set him in extreme positions. I hit a few significant passing shots at significant minutes. Then, at that point, after the main set things went to go somewhat more better."
Medvedev's loss, in the mean time, implies his situation at the highest point of the rankings will endure only three weeks and Serbia's Novak Djokovic will become world number one from Monday.
Frenchman Monfils got a 6-4 3-6 6-1 win by changing over his 6th match point against Medvedev. In commending his unexpected success over the Russian he highlighted his Ukrainian spouse Elina Svitolina in the stands.
"I'm in my zone and I'm an extreme adversary for anybody," said 35-year-old Monfils, who will play Spain's Carlos Alcaraz in the last 16.
"It's been quite a while since I've beaten a world number one, so I'm really blissful. I've had a solid beginning to the year, felt solid, moving great."
Alcaraz, cultivated 19, progressed to the last 16 with a certain 6-2 6-0 destruction of comrade Roberto Bautista Agut, the fifteenth seed.
Somewhere else on Monday in the ladies' draw, Greece's Maria Sakkari, hoping to expand on a breakout 2021 which included two Huge homerun semi-finals appearances, arrived at the last 16 by overpowering the Czech Republic's double cross Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova 6-3 6-0.
Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova beat Estonian fourth seed Anett Kontaveit 3-6 7-5 7-6 (7-5) in a match that endured two hours and 50 minutes.
'An extension excessively far for Evans' - examination
BBC Game tennis journalist Russell Fuller:
Evans made a quick beginning - approaching and coming down on Nadal in the beginning phases.
In any case, bit by bit Nadal brought him in, and he caused problems for somebody with a solitary strike as he generally does.
These coarse sluggish courts, joined with the slender desert air, consistently take some becoming accustomed to - however Nadal is presently working his direction into the competition inauspiciously.
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