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Video: Fognini, Force of Nature
Fabio Fognini
turned parting into performance art.
The 20th-seeded Italian pulled out all the theatrical stops trying to flip the script against
Gilles Muller
in his Australian Open opener.
Watch:
Tsonga Call for Crowd Control
Showing the full Fabio spectrum of operatic outbursts, racquet spikes, grand gestures, raging diatribes at authorities and general mayhem, the man in the flame-colored shirt was engulfed by emotion. Fognini also showed some resistance between the lines. He fought off 10 of 11 break points.
It was Grand Slam theater, but Muller was not upstaged.
The left-hander slid 34 aces in a 7-6, 7-6, 6-7, 7-6 victory that offered just two service breaks.
Fognini, who hit 20 aces and 11 double faults, suffered his seventh opening-round exit in nine Melbourne appearances.
It was an entertaining exit, but not the end for Fognini.
Fognini and partner
Simone Bolelli
launch their Australian Open doubles defense this week as the No. 5-seeded team.
Photo credit: Tennis Australia
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