Fabio Fognini announced his retirement (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) Fabio Fognini announced his retirement from tennis in Wimbledon on Wednesday as one of the most colorful characters of sport called time for his volatile career.Fognini revealed before the Roman master in May that he was planning to retire in the next 12 months.38 -year -old Italian made this decision, with his last match ending in five hundred loss against the defense of Wimbledon’s champion Carlos Alcaraza in the first round at the All England Club last week.“There’s something official today. I’ll say goodbye to everyone,” Fognini told reporters.
Carlos Alcaraz greets Italy Fabio Fognini in the net after winning his first round of singles on Wimbledon tennis championships in London (image via AP/ALASTAIR GRANT)
The ATP ranking was ninth in 2019, while the ATP ranking was ninth in the ATP ranking, while in 2015 he won nine ATP Tour titles, including his only Masters 1000 triumph in Monte Carlo. In 2017 he enjoyed an unforgettable victory of five sets against Rafael Odal in 2015.Fognini was known for his unpredictable behavior in court and voluntarily described himself as a hothead. In 2019, he was fined in Wimbledon for saying that he wanted “the bomb to explode in the club” during the match.This explosion came after being suspended from the US Open 2017 for insulting the female referee. In 2014, Fognini received a fine of $ 27,500 for unsportsmanlike behavior in Wimbledon.Now in the 138th place whose best Grand Slam Run was a quarterfinal look at the French Open 2011, he said that his battle with injury took a tax. “I have suffered a lot of injuries for the last three years of my career,” he said. “After this match (against Alcaraz) I don’t want to go back to some stage when I don’t want to be. After this tournament I drop into the ranking.
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What do you think of Fabio Fognini’s decision to leave professional tennis?
“I will still love this sport. I have a lot of memories in my head. I played against Roger (Federer), Rafa, against Nole (Novak Djokovic). I won impossible for me.”“Two days ago I told my wife (former female star Flavia Pennetta) that it was my decision. I am happy as I said goodbye to a professional tennis career. I did what was in my power. I leave today.”
