Rafael Nadal’s Biggest Keys vs. Fabio Fognini in 3rd Round at 2013 French Open

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Published: June 1, 2013

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Rafael Nadal will take to the court for the second straight day at the 2013 French Open on Saturday. 

The seven-time tournament champion will take on 27th-seeded Fabio Fognini in the third round on Court Philippe Chatrier, after Maria Sharapova and before Novak Djokovic.

Nadal and Fognini have met before, with Rafa thrashing the Italian, 6-1, 6-3 in the second round of the Rome Masters just weeks ago. Nadal broke Fognini five times in that match and won 65 percent of the points on his way to winning the title in Rome for the seventh time in his career.

Here, we'll break down the biggest keys for the defending French Open champion as he gets set to square off against a motivated Fognini who's playing with nothing to lose on Saturday.

 

Get First Serves In



In order to have consistent success against the 26-year-old, Fabio Fognini, on Saturday, Rafael Nadal will need to hold serve much better than he did in the second round against Martin Klizan.

Nadal put 74 of 100 serves into the box on the first try in Round 2, and he won those points 74 percent of the time. But when Nadal was forced to play a second serve vs. Klizan, he struggled, winning just 10 of 26 second-serve points for the match.

In his second-round win, Fognini made Lukas Rosol pay for missing on his first serve. Rosol managed to put just 57 percent of his first serves into the box, and went on to lose 61 percent of his second-serve points. 

Nadal is talented enough to overcome a bad service day against an opponent like Fognini, but if he wants to reach top form heading into the second week at Roland Garros, it starts with the serve. 

 

Dominate at the Net



Nadal doesn't need to rush the net on each and every point in order to beat Fognini on Saturday, but if he plays well at the net, he'll increase his chances of winning qui...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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