Preview: Fabio Weighs Risk & Reward Against Rafa
It’s been a lopsided rivalry, really. Rafael Nadal boasts a 12-4 advantage in ATP Head2Heads against Fabio Fognini dating back to 2013. No, it’s not Borg-McEnroe or Sampras-Agassi. It’s not Fedal. But there’s something to this Spanish-Italian match-up that makes it unlike any other. Perhaps it was their dust-up during the Hamburg final in 2015, when Nadal snapped a two-match skid against Fognini, prevailing 7-5, 7-5. Courtside microphones picked up Fognini, who amassed 60 unforced errors that afternoon, airing out his frustration at his opponent. Fognini would famously avenge the loss later...
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