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Fabio Fognini uważa, że Novak Djoković ma szansę, by zostać najbardziej utytułowanym tenisistą w historii. - Myślę, że może poprawić rekord Federera - stwierdził Włoch.


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Wygrywając Australian Open 2020, Novak Djoković zdobył 17. w karierze wielkoszlemowy tytuł. Daje mu to trzecie miejsce w klasyfikacji wszech czasów za Rogerem Federerem (20 zwycięstw w imprezach Wielkiego Szlema) i Rafaelem Nadalem (19). Sam Serb jasno deklaruje, że pobicie osiągnięcia Szwajcara jest jego celem.
Djoković jest przekonany, że zostanie najbardziej utytułowanym tenisistą w historii. Podobnego zdania jest także wielu obserwatorów rozgrywek. W możliwości swojego rywala z zawodowych kortów, ale zarazem kolegi wierzy również Fabio Fognini.

- Znamy się, odkąd mieliśmy po 14 lat - mówił Włoch o Serbie, cytowany przez portal ubitennis.net. - Już wtedy miał żelazny charakter i było jasne, że osiągnie wspaniałe rzeczy. Spośród "Wielkiej Trójki" jest tym, który może dokonać najwięcej ze względu na wszystko - głowę, ciało i głód. Myślę, że może poprawić rekord Federera - stwierdził.


Fognini i Djoković są w dobrej relacji. Kilka tygodni temu transmitowali na żywo rozmowę na Instagramie. - Często ze sobą rozmawiamy. Tamta pogawędka była dobra. Pytałem go o medytację. Może mi się to przydać - wyjawił Włoch.

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Relive the pair's second-round match from 2010 Roland Garros
Editor's Note: But for the COVID-19 pandemic, Roland Garros would now be underway. During the next two weeks ATPTour.com will look back on memorable matches and happenings at the clay-court Grand Slam, which tournament organisers are now hoping to stage in September.

Classic matches are remembered for various reasons, from the players involved to the stakes. Fabio Fognini and Gael Monfils’ match in the second round of 2010 Roland Garros, however, will be remembered for darkness.

Monfils, who was only 23 at the time, had already made two quarter-finals at the clay-court Grand Slam. Fognini, however, entered the tournament without a main draw win at Roland Garros. The Frenchman was a two-time ATP Tour titlist, and the Italian hadn’t made a tour-level final.

So when 13th seed Monfils sprinted to a two-set lead against World No. 92 Fognini, it was not a surprise. The rest of the match, however, was.

Fognini had lost eight of nine matches entering the event. Facing a home favourite who’d enjoyed success at the tournament in the previous two years was tough enough. Coming back from down two sets would be even more difficult.

But Fognini showed an early sign of his love for the big moments on Court Philippe Chatrier, hanging in there with the athletic Frenchman. As day turned to night on the event’s biggest court, the match’s momentum switched from Monfils’ racquet to Fognini’s.

The Italian showed some of the shotmaking prowess that today has him at No. 11 in the FedEx ATP Rankings. It was clear Monfils was not physically at his best as the match went deep into the decider. The Frenchman is capable of crushing his first serve, but as dusk fell over the Parisian crowd, he was simply rolling the ball in — perhaps even slower than he normally would hit a second serve — and daring Fognini to take the match from him.

Gael Monfils, Fabio Fognini

That was when things got wonky. At 4-4 in the fifth set, there were discussions about suspending play due to darkness, as it was increasingly difficult to see. Only the stadium’s scoreboard and a television studio lit the court.

But the players continued for two more games. Fognini held for 5-4, and then a hobbling Monfils served to stay in the match. At 15/40, Fognini let slip his first match point by missing a backhand into the net. On the next point, he had a great look to attack a slow second serve, but he just put the ball back in play, and eventually missed a forehand squash shot into the net. Two points later, Fognini had a third chance to seal his victory, but he missed a forehand return long. The darkness only got more noticeable on television, which made the setting look brighter than it actually was.

With the partisan crowd that remained in the stands fully behind Monfils, the Frenchman somehow survived to fight another day, holding for 5-5 as cheers erupted from the crowd. Fognini had a golden opportunity to close out a higher-ranked opponent, but just before 10 p.m. local time, they walked off the court.

Fognini somehow gathered himself the next day, to close out a memorable 2-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 9-7 win.

"Look at the score,” Fognini said, according to Reuters. “It's an incredible match."

After all the effort it took to push the match to a second day, it was a big disappointment for Monfils, who was the second-ranked Frenchman in the field. But he was honest about who the better player was.

"He beat me fair and square."

Italian details injury struggles in Instagram post
Fabio Fognini has been using his time at home in Italy to bond with his three-year-old son, Federico, and play backyard tennis with his wife, former US Open champion Flavia Pennetta. But when he recently transitioned to a real court for training sessions, the ankle issues that plagued him for nearly four years still remained.

The 33-year-old decided to tackle the problem on Saturday by undergoing arthroscopic surgery on both ankles. Fognini explained in an Instagram post that he believed this is the best possible time for him to have the procedures.


”I’ve been having a problem with my left ankle for three-and-a-half years now. It’s an issue I’ve learned to cope with. Then my right ankle started playing up in the past two years as well,” Fognini wrote. “I had hoped the various issues would go away during my two-month break from the game because of the lockdown, but when I resumed training, they were still there.

"After medical examination and a long discussion with my team, I decided to have arthroscopic surgery on both ankles. I believe it’s the right thing to do while the Tour is on this enforced break. I will undergo surgery in Italy today. I can’t wait to be back playing again!"

Fognini, No. 11 in the FedEx ATP Rankings, started this season by representing Italy in the inaugural ATP Cup and reaching the fourth round of the Australian Open. He picked up his first ATP Masters 1000 title last April in Monte-Carlo and, two months later, became the oldest first-time member of the Top 10 since 1973.


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