Nadal

Auteur d'un début de match catastrophique et malgré un coup de raquette dans le nez, Rafael Nadal, 3e mondial, a renversé l'Italien Fabio Fognini.

«Ca m’était déjà arrivé avec un club de golf, mais jamais avec une raquette de tennis !». «C’est un des pires débuts de partie de ma carrière. À moitié sonné, saignant de l’arrête du nez, l’Espagnol s’est allongé, les yeux fermés, le temps de se faire soigner sur le court.

Auteur d'un début de match catastrophique et malgré un coup de raquette dans le nez, Rafael Nadal, 3e mondial, a renversé l'Italien Fabio Fognini (60e) 2-6, ...

« Ça m’était déjà arrivé avec un club de golf, mais jamais avec une raquette de tennis ! « C’est un des pires débuts de partie de ma carrière. À moitié sonné, saignant de l’arrête du nez, l’Espagnol s’est allongé, les yeux fermés, le temps de se faire soigner sur le court.

Rafael Nadal required a medical timeout after cutting himself on the bridge of his nose, but he came back to defeat Fabio Fognini in four sets to advance to ...

In the third, Nadal produced one particularly perfect shot -- a forehand on the run that redirected an overhead by Fognini and sent it down the line for a winner to break for 4-2. "I let him back in the match and he kept getting better from there." "For more than one hour and a half, I was not competing," Nadal said. When Nadal dumped a backhand into the net, Fognini broke to lead 3-2, then went ahead 4-2. Nadal, 36, was moving to his right when he hit a backhand. "Well, just a little bit dizzy at the beginning," said Nadal, who has won four of his 22 Grand Slam titles at the US Open, most recently in 2019, the last time he entered the hard-court tournament.

Rafael Nadal overcomes Fabio Fognini and a cut to his nose on Thursday night in Arthur Ashe Stadium to advance to Round 3.

Rafael Nadal was left bloodied but unbeaten after a freak accident late in his four-set win over Fabio Fognini at the US Open Thursday night.

I knew that when I came back on court I [was] going to be in trouble for a while," Nadal said. "I think at the end of the match today I played better than in the first round without a doubt, too. "But I needed to save that [service game]... "I was [a] little bit in shock. [Wesley Koolhof](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/wesley-koolhof/kc41/overview) and [Neal Skupski](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/neal-skupski/sl22/overview) qualified in doubles on Wednesday. It was a dramatic moment in a dramatic match between the longtime rivals. Nadal won 17 of the set’s final 21 points to level the clash and from there he surged through the final two sets. "That's just a shock some way I deserved to play that bad for a while. I was positive. Fognini led by a set and moved ahead by a break on three occasions in the second set before Nadal found his game to surge ahead. At the beginning I thought I [broke] the nose because it was a shock at the beginning. "I don't know, seems like it's not [broken].

Rafael Nadal a éclaté de rire lorsqu'on lui a demandé s'il avait l'impression que les règles étaient différentes pour lui.

"Je ne pense pas du tout avoir un traitement différent de la part des arbitres. Un journaliste a voulu savoir ce que Nadal pensait des commentaires de McEnroe et l'Espagnol a répondu en plaisantant qu'il en discuterait plus tard avec la légende du tennis américain. Lors de la victoire de Nadal au premier tour de l'US Open face à Rinky Hijikata, John McEnroe faisait remarquer dans son commentaire que Nadal ne respectait pas la règle des 25 secondes entre les services.

US OPEN - En battant Fabio Fognini (2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1), Rafael Nadal est devenu officiellement le premier joueur qualifié pour le Masters de Turin.

Je m'entraîne beaucoup mieux que ce que je joue. C'est le moment de mieux jouer. Et pourtant, le miracle s'est produit à force d'abnégation : il a réalisé le meilleur début de saison de sa carrière, puis a gagné une 14e fois Roland-Garros avec un pied gauche endormi. En plein doute lors de sa préparation pour la saison lors de l'automne-hiver 2021, Nadal se demandait même s'il pourrait rejouer au plus haut niveau, tant ses douleurs au pied gauche devenaient une équation insoluble. Et même s'il était plus mal classé, ses deux sacres à Melbourne et à Paris lui auraient permis de figurer parmi ce gotha pourvu qu'il finisse dans le Top 20. Fort de ses quatre titres cette saisons dont deux en Majeurs (Open d'Australie et Roland-Garros) où il n'a pas été battu à la régulière, le Majorquin est confortablement installé en tête du classement Race (depuis le 1er janvier) avec plus de 1000 points d'avance sur Stefanos Tsitsipas et a officiellement passé la barre du total requis pour figurer parmi les huit élus.

Rafael Nadal a déclaré qu'il était en état de choc sur le court suite à une blessure lors du quatrième set de sa victoire sur Fabio Fognini.

[sa victoire sur Fabio Fognini au deuxième tour de l'US Open](/Tennis/Actualites/Rafael-nadal-passe-fabio-fognini-et-file-sur-richard-gasquet/1351659). Ensuite, j'ai un peu perdu mes sensations et je me suis senti un peu hors du monde », a expliqué Rafael Nadal en conférence de presse après Au début, je pensais m'être cassé le nez parce que j'étais en état de choc.

Rafael Nadal overcame accidentally hitting himself in the face with his own racket to beat Fabio Fognini in the US Open second round.

Nadal has a famously good record against the Frenchman, winning all 17 of their clashes. "But that's part of the game. He called it "one of the worst starts, probably ever." It's about being a little bit out of the world. At the beginning, I thought I (broke) the nose because it was a shock at the beginning. After the victory, Nadal played down the injury, saying he felt a "little bit pain, honestly, but good."

The 22-time Grand Slam champion ended up winning his four-set second round match despite the injury.

His medical team quickly bandaged up his nose allowing him to continue to play. He immediately dropped his racket and walked over to his bench. Rafael Nadal may have won his four-set match against Fabio Fognini on Thursday night at the U.S.

The ATP Challenger Tour takes over the world-class facilities at Rafael Nadal's tennis academy in Mallorca, Spain for one week to host the Rafa Nadal Open ...

The Challenger Tour puts a lot of effort in making the path easier and is always looking for the benefit of the player,” Suasi said. The museum is where Rafa has all his trophies and there are also a lot of activities to do at the museum, including different simulators like Formula One, mountain biking, and skiing. [Fernando Verdasco](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/fernando-verdasco/v306/overview) made his tournament debut last year, when he reached the quarter-finals. [Andy Murray](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andy-murray/mc10/overview) opted to play in his return from hip surgery. There’s a lot of people involved in the tournament so we need to be at full capacity.” We are trying to give something back with this tournament, this is not our business. They are here to see the museum in the day and come to watch you play tennis in the evening. During the summer months, the academy holds a variety of summer camps. Though the work is hard, Suasi knows how vital hosting a Challenger at the Academy is. Despite the challenge of hosting the tournament during the first week of the The tournament site is on an island of tennis paradise. “I see tourists coming in and I'm thinking how special it is to stay here and compete.

Nadal doit faire attention à sa blessure à l'abdomen pour continuer son parcours.

De plus, on risque de se blesser à nouveau", a déclaré Rafael Nadal. Les séances de nuit ici à New York sont les meilleures sans aucun doute, donc je ne peux pas remercier assez tout le monde", a déclaré Rafael Nadal. Mais l'Espagnol, tout en prouvant qu'il est vraiment de retour, a remercié le public présent sur Arthur Ashe.

Rafael Nadal says he does not need to play as many matches at his age going into Grand Slams.

You don't need that amount of matches and practices, but it's true that the key is to have the right preparation. "At the moment it's about avoiding risks and if I get injured then of course the chance to go very far in the tournament will be zero. Since Wimbledon, Nadal played in only the Cincinnati Masters to prepare for the hard court Grand Slam at Flushing Meadows. Now is the moment to make this and even if I am able to advance into the tournament maybe I will have another chance. "Then I started to be not perfect of course but much better. It did not all go Nadal's way, though, as he went a set down against the Italian not looking his usual self before suffering a nose injury at the start of the second set.

Nadal joked after the match he'd only been injured in such a way with a golf club before.

After his victory, Nadal was asked about his injury and if this had ever happened to him before. After all, he did win the Australian Open and the French Open. Players are not allowed to be on the court if there is any bleeding, so after getting the cut cleaned up, Nadal got a bandage on his nose. During a follow-through after hitting the ball back to Fognini, Nadal's racket hit the hard court at Arthur Ashe Stadium and it bounced back straight to his face. Nadal held a 3-0 lead when all of a sudden he was seen dropping his racket, walking off the court and laying down while grabbing his face. The 22-time Grand Slam champion was off to what he described as one of his "worst starts, probably ever," but he got it together and started improving in the second set.