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

[StrongRule]

Where are all the Fognini "fans" disappeared?

Fognini is still winning the match.

 

[TheAssassin]

Fognini bringing balance by stinking up the place just as badly in the 2nd.

Hope the 3rd isn't a blowout either way.

 

[jm1980]

Uh oh

 

[Yugram]

Fognini is still winning the match.

Probably. I still remember the disgusting match against Shapovalov here 2 years ago.

Nadal did absolutely EVERYTHING he could to lose that match. The fact that he had a 3-0 lead in final set TB...
One of the worst matches in terms of tactics I’ve ever seen from Rafa.

 

[MeatTornado]

Extended break just to screw with Rafa, I hope.

 

[Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil]

It's not Nadal so longer break is ok.

 

[TheAssassin]

Djokovic interview during the break.

 

[The Green Mile]

Perfectly fine and respectable MTO for Fognini

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

Where are all the Fognini "fans" disappeared?

Fognini has 2 fans on this website.

I was summoned here to see Nadals serve and conservation of energy.

 

[Yugram]

Wow, that was good.

 

[Roddick85]

There haven't been that many quality matches this week, pretty poor tournament overall tbh

Agreed. Year after year, Canada and Paris Indoor are usually the weakest tournament when it comes to tennis quality and attendance from top players.

 

[MeatTornado]

Still looking like a sure loss @StrongRule ?

 

[Yugram]

Ok, now just hold your damn serve!

 

[Third Serve]

Agreed. Year after year, Canada and Paris Indoor are usually the weakest tournament when it comes to tennis quality and attendance from top players.

Particularly Paris.

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

Still looking like a sure loss @StrongRule ?

To be fair he never thinks Ned will win

 

[Yugram]

Agreed. Year after year, Canada and Paris Indoor are usually the weakest tournament when it comes to tennis quality and attendance from top players.

Last year’s Canada Masters was one of the best I’ve seen in a couple of years. Many great matches and the story of Tsitsipas murdering top 10 players one after another.

 

[mightyrick]

Fognini is still winning the match.

 

[Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil]

He really does well with his occasional serve and volley plays.

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

Friendship with Fabio Fognini is over now Karen Khachanov is my best friend

-Anti Vb right now

 

[MeatTornado]

To be fair he never thinks Ned will win

Yes but still reiterating it after a 6-1 set and Fognini in an MTO was a bit much.

 

[The Green Mile]

OMG, these errors....

 

[mightyrick]

I think Nadal has issued the virtual bagel right now.

 

[MeatTornado]

Friendship with Fabio Fognini is over now Karen Khachanov is my best friend

-Anti Vb right now

That IW was so awful I never want to see them play again.

 

[Yugram]

Friendship with Fabio Fognini is over now Karen Khachanov is my best friend

-Anti Vb right now

More like Mr. Prime Minister. KK is 0-6 against Nadal.

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

That IW was so awful I never want to see them play again.

Don’t forget Uso when he had trouble moving there too and Karen unforced errored himself to a loss

 

[Winners or Errors]

Will the Bull defend hard court title?

 

[EllieK]

Darn it Fabio. You have to do it for at least 2 sets man.

 

[StrongRule]

Still looking like a sure loss @StrongRule ?

With one break? Yes, it is very possible. Should I remind about USO 2015?

 

[StrongRule]

Nadal needed a second break, but of course Fognini had to up his level from 0-30.

 

[Yugram]

Don’t forget Uso when he had trouble moving there too and Karen unforced errored himself to a loss

USO loss was not that bad, very high quality match.

 

[MeatTornado]

I'm trying to remind myself that Fabio did his best work in Monte-Carlo, a tournament where he was wrapped up like a mummy.

 

[Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil]

OMG MTO before opponent's serve, you don't do that, you just don't do that! It's against the rules that are coming from my tushie! DISGRACEFUL!

Wait, sorry. I thought Nadal was taking it. Nevermind...

 

[Lleytonstation]

Nadal needed a second break, but of course Fognini had to up his level from 0-30.

You really think Fognini is going to break back in his condition... and not get broke?

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

Bamos

 

[Djokovic2011]

Nadal needed a second break, but of course Fognini had to up his level from 0-30.

Even "mugs" are capable of upping their level from time to time believe it or not.

 

[Third Serve]

GSM Fognini.

He has the moral win now.

 

[Yugram]

What the hell was wrong with Nadal in the first set? Should’ve been a routine 6-3 6-1.

 

[MugOpponent]

Nadal soon to add King of Canada to his nicknames, eh.

 

[Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil]

If you're going to ballbash, do it like me on Tennis Elbow. Not like Fognini.

 

[Lleytonstation]

He is who we thought he was...

 

[The Green Mile]

Fognini's errors really do come in sudden bursts during matches, quickly and in succession of one another.

 

[JohnnyMac Fan!]

Probably. I still remember the disgusting match against Shapovalov here 2 years ago.

Nadal did absolutely EVERYTHING he could to lose that match. The fact that he had a 3-0 lead in final set TB...
One of the worst matches in terms of tactics I’ve ever seen from Rafa.

Are you even watching the match?

 

[StrongRule]

Even "mugs" are capable of upping their level from time to time believe it or not.

Alright, dude. Anything is possible. But in this matchup things are really not like they are supposed to be.

 

[Pablo1989]

Point of the week

 

[MeatTornado]

Seriously, be ready for the S&V on break point.

 

[Subway Tennis]

To be fair he never thinks Ned will win

I don't think Strongrule is a troll, but in every Nadal match thread he feels compelled to post negatively to achieve some sort of Anti jinx. I have to put him on ignore sometimes because there are just too many posts from him on every page.

 

[Djokovic2011]

Alright, dude. Anything is possible. But in this matchup things are really not like they are supposed to be.

Every ATG throughout history has at least one lower ranked player that causes them problems whenever they meet, even if they end up winning the majority of the matches - Fognini just so happens to be Nadal's. What's the big deal?

 

[StrongRule]

Every ATG throughout history has at least one lower ranked player that causes them problems whenever they meet, even if they end up winning the majority of the matches - Fognini just so happens to be Nadal's. What's the big deal?

I don't remember Federer having such an opponent.

 

[Yugram]

What a strange match. Nadal was making an absolute joke of himself in the 1st set. Like put there Jack Sock instead of Fognini and he’d probably win the first set 6-4.

 

[ACE of Hearts]

Looks like fognini crap his shorts after the first set. What a beatdown. How do you say i crapped my shorts in italian? Ho incartato i pantanloncini .