Carlos Alcaraz produced a dominant performance on Wednesday to book his place in the third round at Wimbledon, defeating British qualifier Oliver Tarvet 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 on Centre Court.
Nadal, who won his fourth title in Canada a year ago, needed almost two hours on Friday to overcome the Italian veteran.
The defending champion of the Rogers Cup cruised to a 6-3 6-4 win over Pella as he recorded his 379th win at ATP Masters 1000 level.
The 31-year-old Fognini will take on Serbia's Dusan Lajovic, another debutant in a Masters 1000 final, who defeated Daniil Medvedev of Russia 7-5, 6-1 in a little more than 90 minutes in Saturday's other semifinal.
Murray is chasing his third Wimbledon title and next faces Frenchman Benoit Paire in the fourth-round.
"I didn't feel like it was the best tennis at times but I managed to get through," Murray said after the tie.
A three-hour epic, in which all three sets went to tiebreaks!
A three-hour epic, in which all three sets went to tiebreaks!
