Nadal falls in shock defeat against Fognini in Monte Carlo semis Globe_Sports
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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 world number 18 Fognini’s fourth career win against Nadal in 15 encounters and his third on tennis’ slowest surface.Earlier, Lajovic reached his first Masters final when he mastered the wind to beat Russian Daniil Medvedev 7-5 6-1.
“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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