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WATCH: Rafael Nadal hilariously forgets his own player area, shakes his head after bizarre incident in Nordea Open SF
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Rafael Nadal hilariously forgot his own player area during the semifinal encounter at the 2024 Nordea Open. The Spaniard defeated Duje Ajdukovic 4-6, 6-3, 6,4 on Saturday to reach the final.During the changeover at 3-2 in the first set, the Spaniard erroneously went towards his opponent’s player area. Upon realizing his mistake, he turned back, shook his head his disbelief and quickly went to his own bench.In the quarterfinals, the former World No. 1 had a tough match against Mariano Navone, lasting for four hours. Navone took the first set in the tie-break, but the Spaniard came back strong to take the next two sets 7-5, 7-5.