Nadal, the King of the red earth, lost 4:6 and 2:6 in the Monte-Carlo Masters semi-final of ATP (men’s professional tennis Association) on the 20th to Italian player Vagnini, the road to the 12th championship trophy came to an abrupt end.
Xinhua News Agency, Paris, April 20th, “King of red earth” Nadal lost to Italian player Vagnini in the ATP (men’s professional tennis association) Monte-Carlo Masters semi-final on the 20th, the road to the 12th championship trophy came to an abrupt end. Vagnini will compete with rajovich from Serbia for the championship of this competition.
“Facing an excellent opponent, I played a bad match, in which case I can only accept the ending of failure.” Nadal said after the game, “Maybe this is my worst performance in the clay court in the last 14 years.”
In the first set, Vagnini fell 1:3 behind, but he won 11 games in the next 14 games. After an hour and 36 minutes of fighting, Italians entered the final of ATP1000 for the first time. Nadal’s 18 consecutive wins in Monte-Carlo Masters also ended.
In another semi-final, rajovich eliminated No. 10 seed Medvedev with 7:5 and 6:1, and advanced to the final of the tour for the first time in his career.
In the first set, Rajovic once fell behind by 1:5, but since then, he won not only the first set but also the 4:0 lead in the second set, this helped him finally lock in the victory.
“I completely lost the rhythm at the beginning of the game. I fell behind at 1:5, which was a nightmare. After that, I won 10 games in a row and found my own rhythm and style.” Rajovic said.