Here is a very original injury: during his fourth set against the Italian Fabio Fognini, Rafael Nadal injured his nose on his own while trying to return the ball backwards.
Out of balance, the Spaniard saw his racquet bounce off the ground and hit his nose on the return.
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After a few seconds of incomprehension and silence in the Arthur-Ashe stadium, Nadal came to lie down to have his bloody nose treated.
“I was a little stunned at the time, it was a little painful,
he explained after the game.
It had happened to me before with a golf club, never with a tennis racket!
he
said after the game.
A minor action that did not prevent Rafa from winning his ticket for the third round of the US Open by disposing the Italian in four sets (2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1).