Nadal Upset in Third Round of Shanghai Masters

October 13, 2011 | By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
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Photo credit: Kenneth B. Goldberg

Spain’s Rafael Nadal was upset in the third round of the Shanghai Masters by Germany’s Florian Mayer in straight sets, 7-6 (5), 6-3. The 15th-seeded German ran down a drop shot for a winner to break the top-seeded Spaniard for the second time and win the match.

Nadal lost in the third round in Shanghai for the second straight year. Last year, he fell to Austria’s Jurgen Melzer just a few weeks after winning his first U.S. Open title. It’s only the second time in 16 tournaments this year that Nadal has failed to make the quarterfinals. He fell in the second round of the Canadian Open to Croatia’ Ivan Dodig in August.

 


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