NEW YORK – It ‘a magical night, fantastic. One of those nights when the sky is dyed blue, because a stratospheric Fognini succeeds in doing what no man had managed to do so far: back from two sets in a Grand Slam Rafael Nadal beat fifth eliminating from the tournament. The US Open, the fourth round of the Grand Slam, being on the field of concrete in New York offers a night to be framed in Ligurian tennis player was able to won 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 after three hours and 46 minutes. Only a tennis player in the past had been able to beat the winner of 14 Grand Slam tests rimontandogli two sets of disadvantage: it was 2005 in Miami and had succeeded Roger Federer in the final in Miami. The 28 year old Ligurian had already beaten twice this year before Nadal in the semifinals in Rio de Janeiro and then in the second round in Barcelona, instead losing in the final in Hamburg. In the end, there were 70 winners to 30 for Fognini. Sunday in the second round will find another Spaniard, also a lefty, the 33 year-old Feliciano Lopez, seeded number 18, which eliminated in the third round the Canadian Milos Raonic, the ATP number 10, in three sets: 6-2, 7-6 ( 7-4), 6-3. There is no precedent. WIN MORE ‘BEAUTIFUL – It’s two o’clock in the morning in New York when Fabio Fognini enters the conference room after the firm against Rafael Nadal. “Every time I beat Nadal then lost the next game. This year is the first success in Rio and then in Barcelona. ” That seen against the Spaniard at the US Open and the concrete, not on clay, the favorite surface of Liguria, is probably the best ever Fognini. “It is one of my most beautiful victories. Perhaps the most beautiful. Rimontandogli beat Nadal in a Grand Slam on September 2 as the US Open is incredible. I have yet to accomplish well. Above all I have to recover well for these eighths in New York, a result that had never achieved in this tournament. I came here with a great desire to do although I had many matches on the cement in the legs. “ SEPPI surrenders DJOKOVIC – For a blue that raises her arms to the sky for a ‘historic feat, another that the company has dreamed, but returning home with their heads high. It is the flip side of this US Open. is the face of Andreas Seppi who had faced the world number one and the favorite to win the final, Novak Djokovic. Yet the South Tyrolean has tried to embarrass the strong Serbia, but eventually was forced to raise the white flag giving in three set 6-3 7-5 7-5 in two hours and 28 minutes. “Against Nole is difficult – said the blue – especially from the baseline gives you little or nothing and it is hard to keep up, maintain his pace. But I think I played a good match against the number one circuit. Certainly better than in the two previous rounds. I had not expressed good tennis, but I had liked the attitude on the pitch. ” Then indicates the favorite of the tournament, “Djokovic struggled even in Montreal and Cinicinnati, but then comes the end, semifinal or final. I think the favorite for the title is always him. “ SERENA AT FULL THROTTLE – In the women’s draw continues the run-up to the Great Slan for Serena Williams. The US, world No. 1 and top seed, defeated compatriot Bethanie Mattek-Sands, number 101 of the WTA ranking, with a score of 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 in one hour and 49 minutes game. Williams will face another compatriot in the second round, Madison Keys, seeded 19th power, which eliminated Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska, 15, with a score of 6-3 6-2. In the other eight already defined, the largest of the Williams sisters, Venus, seeded 23, has imposed on Swiss Belinda Bencic 6-3 and 6-4, for a place in the quarterfinals, will face the qualified Estonia Anett Kontaveit, winning in the rig Madison Brengle 6-2 3-6 6-0.
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- Tennis
- US Open
- Starring:
- Fabio Fognini
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