Here’s what happened at Arthur Ashe this Thursday: scares for Raphael Nadal and fans. First, giving Fabio Fogni, who scored the first set against a Nadal who was definitely out blurry In the second round match at the US Open. Then, as the Manacor man slowly regained his form, or at least fix things and take control, a unfortunate hit in the nose with a shuttlecock forced Nadal to seek medical attention in the fourth match of the fourth set. But in the end the two will remain as one bad memory will be lost before the result, because Nadal won 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 and 6-1. in Italian and already placed third round of the four-time New York tournament where his friend was waiting for him. Richard Gasquet.

There is no good weather between Nadal and Fognini. On the same stage, in 2015, the Italian came two sets behind and knocked Nadal out of the title fight. That same year, Fognini raged, but outside of the courts at Wimbledon. abdominal injury Nadal’s condition was not as serious as it seemed.

These were precedents for Thursday’s game, but for Nadal the biggest problem was himself, not his opponent. Maybe he realized later that he was playing.”one of the worst starts of a party ever”And that says a lot for the 36-year veteran.

But it is precisely at this point that the tennis player gradually emerges, and this is not in vain. 22 thousand more to his credit than anyone else. And the second set is a insect dance, both men failed to serve in the first five games. However, Nadal started seeing more and more bugs in Fognini and as soon as the window popped up, he threw not only the game but his head off.

“When these days pass, I hope it’s not too oftenyou have to be positive and getting angry. If you get angry you won’t find a solution, so I thought the game was long and I stayed positive,” he explained. “After winning the second set, everything became more normal, but of course it wasn’t a good match.”

unlucky hit with a shuttlecock He also threatened to divert this healing, but in the end he was left in awe. it happened painful and left him getting dizzy but he was able to return after medical intervention. He even laughed when he later said that this had happened to him before, but never with the shuttlecock but “with the golf club.”

The good thing is, it’s all gone. And as Nadal said, now comes another opportunity for him. And “being alive after a game like this means a lot.”