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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Fabio Fognini #21

4-6 6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 19, 2018*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	4-6 6-1 6-2
Loser	Fabio Fognini
Duration	2h 14m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Fabio Fognini
Aces	3	3
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	62	66
First serve points won %	76	61
Second serve points won %	57	36
Break points saved %	60	29
Break points converted %	71	40
Service points won %	69	52
Return points won %	48	31
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Fabio Fognini
Country	ESP	ITA
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	May 24, 1987
Age	31	30
Height	185	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	21
Ranking points (entering)	7,950	1,805
Elo (entering)	2,284	1,931
Career W-L	1,045–225	398–382
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$19,086,549

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 10 – 3 Fabio Fognini

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2018	R16	Denis Shapovalov	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2018	R32	Damir Dzumhur	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2018	SF	Novak Djokovic	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Fabio Fognini's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2018	R16	Peter Gojowczyk	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2018	R32	Dominic Thiem	6-4 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2018	R64	Gael Monfils	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data