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Fabio Fognini played with great energy and passion on Tuesday at the start of his Roland Garros campaign, when the Grand Slam championship's newest show court, Court Simonne-Mathieu (named after a two-time women’s champion), turned green, white and red in support of an all-Italian encounter.
The ninth seed beat his countryman, Andreas Seppi, for the sixth successive occasion in their nine-match FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry, 6-3, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3 in two hours and 21 minutes. It was his 50th match win at a major championship (50-43).
“[I’m] happy because I think I played great tennis, especially the first set, [which] was really tough,” said Fognini. “And then in the second, the level was really high, and I think Seppi was not able to do more than that. And then in the third [set] he started to play really good again. It’s always tough, because he’s a really good friend of mine. It's always difficult, especially mentally, to play against Italian friend.”
Fabio Fognini beat 18th seed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain 7-6(5), 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 to become only the eighth Italian man to reach the Roland Garros Round of 16 on three or more occasions. Fognini achieved his best Grand Slam result here in 2011, making the quarter-finals (w/o to Djokovic).
“I'm tired. I feel some pain, but I have more than one day to recover. Hopefully that is nothing serious, and I'll try to recover as best I can,” Fognini said.
Fognini reached his career-high ATP Ranking of No. 11 on 20 May, and he is trying to become just the third Italian man to crack the Top 10. The 32-year-old won his first ATP Masters 1000 title at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters.
Fantastic Fabio! Fognini Makes History By Cracking The Top 10
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Fognini is oldest first-time member of the Top 10 since 1973
Italian Fabio Fognini has made history.
On Monday, the 32-year-old World No. 10 became the oldest player to break into the Top 10 of the ATP Rankings for the first time since 38-year-old Ken Rosewall and 35-year-old Rod Laver on 23 August 1973, when the ATP Rankings were first established. Fognini is just the third Italian man to crack the elite group, joining Adriano Panatta and Corrado Barazzutti.
"To reach the Top 10 is like the fulfilment of a dream. I see myself as a kid on a tennis court with a racquet bigger than me and I think, 'This kid has gone a long way'," Fognini told ATPTour.com. "Right now I am happy and I want to thank my family, my wife, my son and all the people who have always been close to me."
Italian Men To Reach The Top 10
Player Career-High
Adriano Panatta No. 4
Corrado Barazzutti No. 7
Fabio Fognini No. 10
Of the current Top 10, Kevin Anderson was the oldest to join the group for the first time, doing so at 29. The other nine stars were 24 or younger when they accomplished the feat.
"This is another piece of the puzzle which will push me to continue to give my all to the sport I love," Fognini said.
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Joining Fognini as a first-time entrant into the Top 10 Monday is Russian Karen Khachanov, who ascended to a career-high World No. 9, becoming the first man from his country to be ranked inside the Top 10 since Mikhail Youzhny the week of 17 January 2011. Khachanov and Fognini are the 164th and 165th players to earn a spot in the sport’s upper echelon.
Fognini had to sweat a bit more during Roland Garros than Khachanov, though. When the Italian lost in the fourth round in Paris, there was a chance that multiple players could pass him. But Khachanov defeated Juan Martin del Potro, guaranteeing Fognini would move ahead of the Tower of Tandil. If Del Potro had won that match, he would have passed the 32-year-old.
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Former World No. 3 Stan Wawrinka would have returned to the Top 10 if he reached the final, but the Swiss lost in the quarter-finals against countryman Roger Federer.
Fognini has been a Top 100 stalwart for more than a decade. In fact, he has remained inside the Top 50 since September 2012. In March 2013, he reached what was then a career-high of No. 13. But this year was the first time he made a serious run at the Top 10. Fognini won his maiden ATP Masters 1000 title at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters on 21 April to position himself for this breakthrough.
Fognini Honoured For Cracking Top 10 Of ATP Rankings
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Fognini became third Italian to join elite group
Fabio Fognini received a double dose of good news on Tuesday at Wimbledon. First, the Italian fought past #NextGenATP American Frances Tiafoe 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 to advance to the second round at SW19.
Later, the 32-year-old was honoured and presented with an ATP Tour trophy for cracking the Top 10 of the ATP Rankings for the first time on 10 June.
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Fognini, No. 10, became the oldest player to break into the Top 10 of the ATP Rankings for the first time since 38-year-old Ken Rosewall and 35-year-old Rod Laver on 23 August 1973, when the ATP Rankings were first established. Fognini is just the third Italian man to join the elite group, along with Adriano Panatta and Corrado Barazzutti. Fognini will next face Hungary's Marton Fucsovics.
d. [18] Roberto Bautista Agut 
7-6(5) 6-4 4-6 6-1 