Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal required a medical timeout after cutting himself on the bridge of his nose, but he came back to defeat Fabio Fognini in four sets to advance to ...

In the third, Nadal produced one particularly perfect shot -- a forehand on the run that redirected an overhead by Fognini and sent it down the line for a winner to break for 4-2. "I let him back in the match and he kept getting better from there." "For more than one hour and a half, I was not competing," Nadal said. When Nadal dumped a backhand into the net, Fognini broke to lead 3-2, then went ahead 4-2. Nadal, 36, was moving to his right when he hit a backhand. "Well, just a little bit dizzy at the beginning," said Nadal, who has won four of his 22 Grand Slam titles at the US Open, most recently in 2019, the last time he entered the hard-court tournament.

Rafael Nadal overcomes Fabio Fognini and a cut to his nose on Thursday night in Arthur Ashe Stadium to advance to Round 3.

Rafael Nadal was left bloodied but unbeaten after a freak accident late in his four-set win over Fabio Fognini at the US Open Thursday night.

I knew that when I came back on court I [was] going to be in trouble for a while," Nadal said. "I think at the end of the match today I played better than in the first round without a doubt, too. "But I needed to save that [service game]... "I was [a] little bit in shock. [Wesley Koolhof](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/wesley-koolhof/kc41/overview) and [Neal Skupski](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/neal-skupski/sl22/overview) qualified in doubles on Wednesday. It was a dramatic moment in a dramatic match between the longtime rivals. Nadal won 17 of the set’s final 21 points to level the clash and from there he surged through the final two sets. "That's just a shock some way I deserved to play that bad for a while. I was positive. Fognini led by a set and moved ahead by a break on three occasions in the second set before Nadal found his game to surge ahead. At the beginning I thought I [broke] the nose because it was a shock at the beginning. "I don't know, seems like it's not [broken].

Rafael Nadal has come back to win at the U.S. Open after cutting himself on the bridge of his nose when his racket bounced off the court and smacked him in ...

The Williams sisters were to play the Czech duo of Lucie Hradecka and Linda Noskova. Open champion Sloane Stephens to avoid becoming the next top woman out of the U.S. Brooksby reached the fourth round last year at age 20, taking a set from Novak Djokovic before falling. Tsitsipas was eliminated in the first round of the U.S. Top-ranked Daniil Medvedev will follow against Wu Yibing, the first Chinese man to win a U.S. Williams’ third-round match against Ajla Tomljanovic has been scheduled to open the night session in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday. Kyrgios was warned after using profanity toward someone in the stands. Venus served first to open their match. 1 in the WTA doubles rankings. Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula, the No. Then he placed both hands on his head, before going over to the sideline. Nadal was bleeding and took a medical timeout.

Rafael Nadal on Thursday became the first player to qualify for the 2022 Nitto ATP Finals, which will be played from 13-20 November in Turin, ...

[Wimbledon](https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview), where he was forced to withdraw due to an abdominal injury. The 36-year-old will try to lift the [Nitto ATP Finals](https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview) trophy for the first time when he makes his debut in Turin. [Rafael Nadal](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-nadal/n409/overview) on Thursday became the first player to qualify for the 2022 [Nitto ATP Finals](https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview), which will be played from 13-20 November in Turin. Nadal has also triumphed at an ATP 250 in Melbourne and an ATP 500 at Acapulco en route to a 37-4 record on the season. The lefty guaranteed his place at the Pala Alpitour after he defeated [Fabio Fognini](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/fabio-fognini/f510/overview) in the second round of the [US Open](https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview). Nadal, the leader in the Pepperstone ATP Race To Turin, is in pole position to finish year-end No.