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Imploring the Heavens
Hamburg, Final (12) Fognini d. (Q) Delbonis, 4/6 7/6 6/2 Fabio Fognini has won Hamburg’s German Tennis Championships, his second tournament victory in as many weeks, proving that anything can become habitual once you develop the knack for it. Speaking … Continue reading
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If Not Fast Then Furious
Hamburg, Semifinals (12) Fognini d. (3) Almagro, 6/4 7/6 (Q) Delbonis d. (1) Federer, 7/6 7/6 The final of the German Tennis Championships will be contested by Fabio Fognini, who has never reached this stage at any tournament so august, … Continue reading
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Deep Down
Monte Carlo, Semifinals (1) Djokovic d. Fognini, 6/2 6/1 It seems magnificently unfair that Fabio Fognini should look the way he does while being a highly-ranked professional tennis player. It’s unfair on the many actors who’ll never look like that, … Continue reading
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The More Things Change
Nine days into the 2013 season, and it is safe to say that the second week has commenced the way first one concluded, and that the transition between the two was executed seamlessly. The young men who barely lost in … Continue reading
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There Has Been Only One
Last year there were ten players (all men) who claimed their maiden titles on the ATP Tour, although history remains coy about what indignities they visited upon them after that. This year, in an outcome doubtless endorsed by immortal Scotsmen … Continue reading
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False Start
This, I will hazard, will be a short post about a week of firsts, and a bad day for Italian men’s tennis. It is rare for me to write anything all the way through from start to finish, but I’m … Continue reading
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A Visit To The World of Tennis
Wimbledon, Day Three Channel Seven’s broadcast of the 2012 Wimbledon Championships was last night as curiously free of John Newcombe’s presence as the singles draw is of Australian men. These two phenomena are not unrelated. Indeed, one presumes that this … Continue reading
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Perfect Cadence
French Open, Day Five Fognini d. (28) Troicki, 6/2 3/6 4/6 6/3 8/6 Fabio Fognini saved two match points while defeating Viktor Troicki today – 8/6 in the fifth set – and it is reasonable to suppose he played the … Continue reading
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The Flurrying Fog
Bucharest, Final (1) Simon d. Fognini, 6/4 6/3 Fabio Fognini, in his first tour final, fell to Gilles Simon in the final of the Nastase-Tiriac Trophy in Bucharest. For Simon, it is his tenth career title, three of which have … Continue reading
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The Fog Lifts
Roland Garros, Day Eight Fognini d. Montanes, 4/6 6/4 3/6 6/3 11/9 The opinion has been aired that the finale to today’s astonishing fourth round encounter between Albert Montanes and Fabio Fognini could not be scripted if you tried. This … Continue reading
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