Rafael Nadal’s first tournament in seven months ended with a 6-2, 7-5 loss to Diego Schwartzman in the quarterfinals of the Italian Open. Nadal, a nine-time champion in Rome, had never lost to the 15th-ranked Schwartzman in nine previous meetings. For two months during the lockdown, Nadal said, he didn’t touch a tennis racket. Earlier, Novak Djokovic lost his cool again midway through a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 win over German
qualifier Dominik Koepfer — less than two weeks after getting defaulted from the U.S. Open.
RAFAEL NADAL CRASHES OUT OF ITALIAN OPEN SEMIFINAL MATCHES TO BE HELD TODAY
Rafael Nadal's first tournament in seven months ended with a 6-2, 7-5 loss to Diego
Schwartzman in the quarterfinals of the Italian Open. Nadal, a nine-time champion in
Rome, had never lost to the 15th-ranked Schwartzman in nine previous meetings. For
two months during the lockdown, Nadal said, he didn't touch a tennis racket. Earlier,
Novak Djokovic lost his cool again midway through a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 win over German
qualifier Dominik Koepfer — less than two weeks after getting defaulted from the U.S.
Open.
