In the early morning of March 15, Beijing time, the third round of the ATP1000 Indian Wells Masters began to compete, and in a focus battle, the No. 4 seed Nadal played, and his opponent was the 27th seed Evans. The two have met twice before, and Nadal has won the game. Nadal was also even better in today's game, beating his opponent in two straight sets and ushering in the 400-win milestone of his career Masters.
In the first set, Evans broke Nadal's serve in the third set before he retained a 3-1 lead. Nadal broke in the 8th set to make it 4-4. In the 11th inning, Nadal saved the break point in the serve and in the 12th set Evans lost a set without a way back, and Nadal won the first set 7-5.
In the second set, Nadal took the lead in the second set to complete the break and opened with a 3-0 lead. In the 5th inning, Nadal saved the break point and saved the serve. In the 8th set, Nadal won the game, and his love game successfully saved the serve, winning the second set 6-3.
In the end, in a game that took 1 hour and 43 minutes, the No. 4 seed Nadal defeated Evans 7-5, 6-3 to reach the Indian Wells Round of 16. In the next round, Nadal will face the winner between 13th seed Shapovalov and 17th seed Operka. After winning this game, Nadal's record this season has come to 17 consecutive wins. The victory was Nadal's 400th victory at the Masters, and he became the first player to reach that milestone.