Tough !

It was a tough fight for Rafa in 2nd Round at BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. He defeated Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic in 3 sets: 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 after 2 hours and 24 minutes of play.

After the match, Rafa said: "It's true that with love/40, I was very close to losing, to being out, but I think I did two good serves and then I played a great point. Tough one. Anything can happen, but in the end I played well. After that, I think I played better."

"I'm happy to be through, because the start of the match, even if I felt at the beginning I didn't play that bad, it was very quick 4-1 for Stepanek, and I felt I was not playing that bad."

In 3rd Round, Rafa will play against Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine. On head to head, Rafa leads Dolgopolov: 5-0. Their last match was this year in Rio final, where Rafa won in straight sets: 6-3, 7-6.




VAMOS RAFA !!!