MOSCOW, September 2 Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal said he was shocked by the accident hit with a racket on the nose during the second round match of the US Open with Italian Fabio Fognini. In the fourth set, the Spaniard tried to get to the ball, after which the racket hit the court and bounced right into his nose. Nadal needed the help of a doctor who stopped the bleeding and applied a band-aid. The meeting ended with the victory of Nadal with a score of 2:6, 6:4, 6:2, 6:1. «It was just a strong blow. At first I thought I broke my nose, because I was in shock. It was very painful and a little dizzy It's like I'm a little out of touch with the world I don't know, it doesn't look like it's broken I'm not sure yet, I don't know I think it's getting bigger and bigger In a way I deserve it But this, of course, a joke. These things happen sometimes,» the ATP website quotes Nadal. «At that moment I was in shock. I knew that when I returned to the court, I would have problems for some time. But I had to save the game on my serve. I had a couple of good serves and a backhand dribble and I won that game,» the Spaniard added.
