After making contact with the ball, his racket deflected off the ground and smacked him on the nose. The 36-year-old was moving to his right when he hit a backhand. The episode came on the first point of the game with Nadal leading 3-0 in the fourth set and clearly in command after ceding the opening set for the second match in a row this week. How was he feeling? “Well, just a little bit dizzy at the beginning,” said Nadal, who has won four of his 22 grand slam titles at the US Open, most recently in 2019, the last time he entered the hard-court tournament. At least Nadal could joke about it afterwards during his on-court interview.Īsked whether that had ever happened before, he mustered a chuckle and replied: “With a golf club but not with a tennis racket.”
It made for a bizarre, and briefly scary, scene, as Nadal immediately grimaced, dropped his racket, put a palm to his face and then put both hands on his head.
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