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Fabio Fognini - The Hope of Italy

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#1 ·
This kid is just 17 and even though he may be far from the heights of Nadal, Monfils and Gasquet at such an age, Fognini is a real bright spot for Italian tennis.

Number 501 in the world you may think there is no big deal, but this year is his first main year and hes already won a futures event in SPain as well as being in the final of another in Italy. Now in the Olbia CHallenger event he is in the quarters beating Luzzi in round 2.

So With this result he will be in the top 500 for sure and will move up quite a few places. A few more succesful challengers and he should hopefully be recognised on the challneger tour!
 
#694 ·
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#695 ·
Fabio qualified for the Toronto main draw, well done :)!! First round opponent tomorrow will be Stepanek. Forza Fabio!!!
 
#696 ·
And he beat Stepanek quite comfortably in straight sets. He seems to like this event more than any other of the tennis master series. He needed a good week here too.
 
#697 ·
Yes, this is a very good result. He has not lost a set in Toronto this year, this should give him confidence. Next Davydenko.
 
#700 ·
Fabio lost in the qualifiers for Cincy, but he is the only Italian player to go over to America and play in these tournaments which is good for him, but a shame for Italian tennis overall.
 
#702 ·
Nice pics, thanks breezybee :)

Unfortunately he served very poorly against Becker, I think there were 13 dfs. But I agree, it was good to play these tournaments on hard court. Forza Fabio!
 
#706 ·
Back on the clay in Genova and at least he has gone to the SF of the challenger. Now against Seppi to dangerous opponent. Fabio is strange on the hard courts, he can be very good, or suck very much, but for sure he can play well on them if in the mood.
 
#707 ·
Fabio wins in Genova :) Congrats!
 
#711 ·
Just read that Fabio stopped cooperating with his current coach Oscar Serrano...

http://www.tennisworlditalia.com/Os...eallenatore-di-Fabio-Fognini-articolo391.html

22 Sep 2010 12:54 di Francesco Curello - articolo letto 95 volte.
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Oscar Serrano non è più l´allenatore di Fabio Fognini

La notizia era nell'aria da parecchi giorni, ora se ne ha l'assoluta certezza. Lo spagnolo Oscar Serrano non è più l'allenatore di Fabio Fognini. Il tennista di Arma di Taggia ha infatti interrotto la sua collaborazione con l'ex tennista iberico.

La motivazione ufficiale parla di "motivi personali".

A questo punto dopo un 2010, fino ad ora, da dimenticare ci si chiede chi possa guidare il ligure a partire dai prossimi tornei o comunque dalla prossima stagione. Senza dubbio da escludere un ritorno con Leonardo Caperchi, che aveva trainato Fabio nella propria carriera giovanile, così come non credo fattibili le strade che porterebbero ai coaches storici del nostro tennis, quali i vari Fabrizio Fanucci, Massimo Sartori o Umberto Rianna. Sicuramente suggestiva la pista Claudio Pistolesi, che gode senza dubbio della stima del clan Fognini, anche se oramai il suo "pupillo" è Michael Berrer e difficilmente Fabio verrebbe ad affiancarsi al tedesco. La soluzione più probabile resta però quella che porterebbe Fabio a Tirrenia, sul modello della Schiavone.

La certezza è che Fognini avrà bisogno di un coach esperto, che lo sappia consigliare a dovere e soprattutto che riesca finalmente a tramutare un ragazzo dagli ottimi fondamentali in un fuoriclasse.
Hope he can find a new coach soon:help::hug:
 
#712 ·
Fabio is workinng now with Argentine coach Pablo Martin and it looks like the cooperation is working well. Fabio won the tournament in Napoli today, congrats :)
 
#718 ·
Well, it was not a very beautiful end of the match....I was only waiting for them to hitting each other...And now they have to play each other next week in Brazil, so the drama may continue. I am very happy with Fabio's week in Santiago! Hope he continues to play on this level the next weeks. Forza!
 
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