Record 10-time Italian Open champion Rafael Nadal may have played his last match in Rome after losing to an inspired Hubert Hurkacz in the second round.
The big-serving Pole sealed a memorable 6-1 6-3 victory in what could signal the end of Nadal's illustrious career at the tournament. How Hubert Hurkacz ended Rafael Nadal's run in RomeIs the one-handed backhand a dying art?
Player rants and umpire clashes: Why are tennis stars losing their cool?Stream ATP & WTA Tour tennis and more with NOW 'I'm definitely really proud of myself,' said Hurkacz, when asked how he felt he had handled the occasion. 'Playing Rafa is something special. It's just different, especially being on clay, the surface that he has just dominated over the past 20 years. No one will ever have a record like him on this surface.
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