2019 Canada QF - [1] Rafael Nadal vs [7] Fabio Fognini

Who wins?


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GOATing? Fognini is average at best. Go see Cilic 1st set against Nadal in Toronto last year, that’s what I call GOATing.
Monte Carlo this year and that US Open comeback were definitely better than this. But he's been playing pretty good so far today as well.
 
Nadal is an idiot. Like always he gave Fognini the required confidence, and now the match is over. He needed to destroy him from the beginning instead of making double faults and missing easy second serve returns. Now Fognini has the confidence and will win easy. I expect another 6-2 in the second set.
 
I expect nadal to play much better now cause it can't get worse than that. So still see him getting through this version of fognini (who isn't anything exceptional)
 
Part of me actually wants Fognini to win a SECOND Masters in 2019, just to see @Red Rick and @BeatlesFan reactions to that. :p
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Ok, so there are already 3 players who Nadal has a mental block against: Federer, Djokovic and Fognini. I wonder how many more will join this list.
 
Nadal is an idiot. Like always he gave Fognini the required confidence, and now the match is over. He needed to destroy him from the beginning instead of making double faults and missing easy second serve returns. Now Fognini has the confidence and will win easy. I expect another 6-2 in the second set.
You get really down on Rafa too easily. Rafa could, and probably will turn this around and win 6-4 6-2 as Fognini will start to labor in his ankle, and Rafa will up his game.
 
You get really down on Rafa too easily. Rafa could, and probably will turn this around and win 6-4 6-2 as Fognini will start to labor in his ankle, and Rafa will up his game.
Sorry, I don't see any excuses for him always being pathetic against this mug. It's awful to have a mental block against Federer and Djokovic. But against FOGNINI??? The mug of mugs? Seriously? I'm actually being nice to him.

Nadal will not win this match, he will probably lose 6-2 6-2. Did you even see how bad he plays?
 
You mean like he was definitely going to lose to Evans in straights?
The thing is that he somehow always plays his worst tennis against Fognini. I have no explanation to that. It's not just about the losses. Even in Madrid 2017 and Rome 2018 he struggled against him. In both tournaments he actually had less problems against Djokovic!
 
Sorry, I don't see any excuses for him always being pathetic against this mug. It's awful to have a mental block against Federer and Djokovic. But against FOGNINI??? The mug of mugs? Seriously? I'm actually being nice to him.

Nadal will not win this match, he will probably lose 6-2 6-2. Did you even see how bad he plays?

Every player has that one player who gets destroyed by everyone else... but they can't seem to play well against them.

I'm remembering Santoro and Safin, lol.
 
Lazy errors from Fognini to hand over a break straightaway at the start of the 2nd set. Consistency is not his middle name, is it?
 
The thing is that he somehow always plays his worst tennis against Fognini. I have no explanation to that. It's not just about the losses. Even in Madrid 2017 and Rome 2018 he struggled against him. In both tournaments he actually had less problems against Djokovic!
Have you ever once considered that Fognini is simply a tough match-up for him and it's not just some random mental block?
 
The thing is that he somehow always plays his worst tennis against Fognini. I have no explanation to that. It's not just about the losses. Even in Madrid 2017 and Rome 2018 he struggled against him. In both tournaments he actually had less problems against Djokovic!
Should renounce those two titles because he struggled against Fognini to be fair...
 
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