Rafa Nadal suffered a shock 6-4 6-2 semi-final defeat against flamboyant Italian...
MONTE CARLO - Rafa Nadal suffered a shock 6-4 6-2 semi-final defeat against flamboyant Italian Fabio Fognini at the Monte Carlo Masters on Saturday, showing rare signs of weakness five weeks before the French Open.
The 11-time champion’s loss in tricky conditions ended a series of 25 consecutive sets won on his favourite clay as Fognini set up a final showdown against Serbian Dusan Lajovic. The Italian was on a five-match losing streak when he entered the tournament but Fognini’s unpredictability, added to the weather conditions, were eventually too much for the Spanish world number two who bowed out on the fourth match point.
“It was an incredible match today,” said world number 48 Lajovic, the lowest-ranked player to reach the final here since Hicham Arazi in 2001.
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