Nadal crashes out to Fognini in Monte Carlo semi-finals
Italy’s Fabio Fognini shakes hands with Spain's Rafael Nadal after their semi final match in the Monte Carlo Masters at the Monte-Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, April 20, 2019. — Reuters pic
MONTE CARLO, Apr 20 — Rafael Nadal crashed to Fabio Fognini in the Monte Carlo Masters semi-finals today, the Spanish clay court king swept aside 6-4, 6-2, to end his bid for a 12th title. The shock result leaves Italian 13th seed Fognini facing unseeded Serb Dusan Lajovic in tomorrow’s unscripted final.
Fognini, who beat Nadal three times all on clay in 2015, stopped a 25-set win streak in the principality for the world number two.Fognini ended Nadal’s Monte Carlo reign on the fifth match point. — AFP
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