The Spaniard beat Fabio Fognini 7-5, 7-5 in two hours, 34 minutes
Top-seeded Rafael Nadal overcame some sloppy play to beat Fabio Fognini 7-5, 7-5 and win the Hamburg Open for the second time on Sunday. (Photo: AP)
Hamburg: Top-seeded Rafael Nadal overcame some sloppy play to beat Fabio Fognini 7-5, 7-5 and win the Hamburg Open for the second time on Sunday.
Nadal squandered a 3-1 lead in the final set and saved two set points before prevailing in 2 hours and 34 minutes over the eighth-seeded Italian and the 2013 Hamburg winner.
(Photo: AP)
Former top-ranked Nadal extended his run of having won at least one European clay court title every year since 2004 when he took his maiden crown in Sopot, Poland.
Nadal now has 47 clay-court titles, second to Guillermo Vilas' 49. It was Nadal's second title on clay this year after Buenos Aires in February and his third championship of the year. The Spaniard has 67 career titles overall. Nadal won in Hamburg in 2008.
( Source : AP )
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