The Spanish Rafael Nadal qualified for the semifinals of the Montreal tournament after beating Fabio Fognini 2-6, 6-1 and 6-2, in 1 hour and 53 minutes of the match, which had to be interrupted momentarily for the doctor to attend Italian for discomfort in one foot.

Nadal started the game as he likes, taking out and taking the first game to, in the next one, to embarrass a Fognini who reacted soon and saved a break point and thus maintain his service and break the manacorí in the third and, although Rafa had two balls next to match, it was his opponent who took the game, then broke again and took the first set.

The decoration changed in the second set, with a more concentrated Nadal that passed as a gale over Fognini, who at the end of this second sleeve requested medical attention for foot pain.

The meeting resumed, in which he continued to send the manacorí, who continued to concentrate before a Fognini who could not defend himself against the power and success of his rival and who had to be treated again.

Nadal will play the semifinal against the winner of the match that will then be played by Frenchman Gael Monfils and Spaniard Roberto Bautista.

The other semifinal will be played by the Russian Daniil Medvedev, who won the Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-3 and 6-1, with the Russian Karen Khachanov, who defeated the German Zverev by a double 6-3.

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