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Spain's Rafael Nadal plays a forehand to Serbia's Dusan Lajovic during their round 3 match on day five of the Men's Italian Open at Foro Italico on September 18, 2020 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Clive Brunskill / POOL / AFP) Rafael Nadal swept aside Serb Dusan Lajovic to reach the Italian Open...

Spain's Rafael Nadal plays a backhand to Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta on day three of the Men's Italian Open at Foro Italico on September 16, 2020 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Riccardo Antimiani / POOL / AFP) ROME (AFP) -- Defending champion Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic made winning returns at the...

Italy's Lorenzo Musetti plays a forehand to Italy's Giulio Zeppieri on day one of the Internazionali BNL D'Italia ATP tour at Foro Italico on September 14, 2020 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Riccardo ANTIMIANI / POOL / AFP) ROME (AFP) -- Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka crashed out of the Italian Open in...

Kei Nishikori of Japan plays a backhand to Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain on day one of the Internazionali BNL D'Italia ATP tour at Foro Italico on September 14, 2020 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Clive Brunskill / POOL / AFP) ROME (AFP) -- Japan's Kei Nishikori got his first win in a year at the...

Rafael Nadal (AFP) ROME, ITALY -- Rafael Nadal, absent from the US Open, is preparing for his return to competition after a six-month break at the Foro Italico in Rome, the organizers of the Italian Open tweeted on Thursday. "Rafa Nadal is already here, doing his first training sessions," said the...