MONTE CARLO, April 20
Rafa Nadal suffered a shock 6-4 6-2 semifinal defeat against flamboyant Italian Fabio Fognini at the Monte Carlo Masters, showing rare signs of weakness five weeks before the French Open.
Fognini’s unpredictability, added to that of the weather conditions, were eventually too much for the Spanish world No. 2 who bowed out on the fourth match point. Earlier, Serb Dusan Lajovic reached his first Masters final when he mastered the windy conditions to beat Russian Daniil Medvedev 7-5 6-1. — Reuters
71-5 Nadal’s win-loss record in Monte Carlo. His overall record on clay is 418-36
25 Fognini stopped Nadal’s 25-set win streak on Court Rainier III in Monte Carlo
4 Fognini’s fourth career win against Nadal in 15 encounters and his third on tennis’ slowest surface
Players who have defeated Rafa on clay more than twice
N Djokovic 7
F Fognini 3
G Gaudio 3
D Thiem 3
from The Tribune http://bit.ly/2XBiZmV
via Today’s News Headlines
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