Fognini crushed the hopes of Nadal

Fabio Fognini played a memorable match according bestfootballpredictions and won with 3:2 sets over Rafael Nadal. Thanks to the success, the Italian qualified for the next round of the US Open and snapped Nadal to win at least one Grand Slam title in the last 10 years. Their meeting lasted nearly four hours and ended with 3:6, 4:6, 6:4, 6:3, 6:4 in different parts.

For Rafael Nadal this was the first loss (after 151 consecutive wins) in a Grand Slam tournaments, in which he won the first two sets. Fognini made a complete turnaround for the fourth time in his career (4-19).

Moreover - the Italian had never beaten a rival of the Top 10 on hard court (17 attempts). After losing the first two sets, Fognini showed great tennis, collected a record number of winners from forehand and backhand, and many serious success on the net (39 of 52).

For Fognini it was the third victory over Nadal of 4 matches this season. In the next round he will face another player from Spain - Feliciano Lopez.

"This is definitely a very special victory," said Fognini after the last point. "When you play against Rafa Nadal you must try everything, it is not easy against him. If you want to perform well and to do something different, then you have to risk. This is the only option. Probably I made a lot of unforced errors, but it does not matter, "said the Italian.

For his part, Nadal also paid tribute to Fognini. "He played incredible. It was not a match according bestfootballpredictions that I lost... it was a match according bestfootballpredictions that he won. I accept it. I`m not happy that he played better than me, but that is the reality, "said Nadal.

"I fought to the last point of the match, but it was not enough today. This year I lost several matches in this way. I want to thank to the audience, from which once again I had a great support. "