Rafael Nadal is in the night from Friday to Saturday surprisingly eliminated early at the US Open. As the eighth-seeded Spaniard lost in a grueling five-setter his party in the third round of the Italian Fabio Fognini 6-3 6-4 4-6 3-6 4-6. The tennis players were about three and three quarter hours on the job in New York. The party came to an end until well after midnight
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Fabio Fognini is overjoyed after his victory Photo:. AFP <- google_ad_section_start () ->
Nadal won the first two sets yet, but the militant Fognini came back strongly in the game. With low blows and sometimes miraculous rescues, he managed to turn the tide. The fifth set provided a spectacle, in which both players excelled. So they broke each other seven times in a row. Fognini, however, drew the longest straw.
It’s the third time this year that Nadal will lose out against Fognini, which is not known as a specialist on hardcourt. In April, the two stood facing each other on the clay court tournament in Barcelona and won the Italian also in the third round. Also in the semifinals of the tournament in Rio de Janeiro in February won Fognini.
In early August, Nadal won or mutual encounter in the final of the tournament in Hamburg.
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