Rafael Nadal cuts own nose with racquet during chaotic four-set win against Fabio Fognini in US Open 2022

Rafael Nadal battled through to the third round of the US Open with a four-set victory over Fabio Fognini, in which the Spaniard bizarrely cut his own nose with his racquet. The 22-time Grand Slam champion was left bleeding in the fourth set when his racquet bounced off the court and hit him in the face after stretching to play a backhand. Ad He required a medical timeout and held a bottle to his nose before the treatment, which resulted in Nadal playing with a plaster for the remainder of the match.

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At the beginning I thought I broke the nose because it was a shock at the beginning, it was very painful. »I lost little bit the — I don't know how to say in English — but a little bit of the feeling of my head. It's about being a little bit out of the world.

I don't know, seems like it is not broken. I am not sure yet. I don't know.