[RNW]

Huge win/result for the young Swiss (23).
Hüsler is a leftie and plays with some good spin on the forehand.
Fognini was not able to move properly (injury) and was very rusty.
F. Lopez played 3 hours so there will be a chance for Hüsler tomorrow in his 1st ATP QF.
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Kitzbühel has a limited number of 1,900 viewers, who can watch.
Today there were 1,000 spectators on centre court.

 

[enlightenedth]

Huesler is playing some good tennis this week, he has a good serve and forehand. Think he can reach top 100 sometime. I still think he will have better results on fast courts though.
Don't know what to make of Fabio's comeback, didn't look good. I hope he was just protecting himself and not forcing things, movement was really bad. Maybe he reaches a competitive level before Roland Garros.

 

[Bakano]

I see a splendorous career ahead for Clowngnini at Futures.

 

[Sara X]

I know there were many looking forward to this match in Kitz, but here we go. Fogna was clearly and badly out of form, with basically everything lacking in his movement, which then again directly affected all areas of his game.

All I can hope is that he gets it together while the season still continues on clay. He can be such a joy to watch when he's on and playing well.

 

[CooCooCachoo]

WTF? I've seen Hüsler play and thought he could have a good doubles career, but wouldn't do much in singles. Unless he improved very rapidly, this must be Fognini clowning around.

 

[Mr.Black]

Fabio, perche? 😭

 

[Johnny Groove]

Fog also coming off double ankle surgery so prob still needs some time

 

[Bakano]

LoL I even won some pocket money on this 🤣🤡

 

[Martin91]

Mocking Fabio for this loss is very low. This is his first match after surgery. It might take him some time to get back in the groove.

 

[valeuuuuuu]

he always do that lol... with or without injury he just loves to tank , hes ridiclous competitor

 

[George Stobbart]

Fog also coming off double ankle surgery so prob still needs some time

I see not many were aware of this.

 

[enlightenedth]

he always do that lol... with or without injury he just loves to tank , hes ridiclous competitor

The guy won a Masters event, many players only dream to have one.

 

[Burrow]

Huge win/result for the young Swiss (23).
Hüsler is a leftie and plays with some good spin on the forehand.
Fognini was not able to move properly (injury) and was very rusty.
F. Lopez played 3 hours so there will be a chance for Hüsler tomorrow in his 1st ATP QF.
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Kitzbühel has a limited number of 1,900 viewers, who can watch.
Today there were 1,000 spectators on centre court.

24 is not that young and Ivan Ljubicic, today, would have pumped Fabio Fognini.

 

[CooCooCachoo]

Mocking Fabio for this loss is very low. This is his first match after surgery. It might take him some time to get back in the groove.

If he's not ready to compete, he shouldn't be entering tournaments.

 

[Anti Antitennis]

I thought Fognini might not be ready for this one, but I didn't think it was gonna be as bad as this.

This is getting better and better for Hüsler. A massive step in his career, and I think he'll have his chances against Lopez as well.

 

[Bakano]

The guy won a Masters event

 

[Sara X]

Fog also coming off double ankle surgery so prob still needs some time

I see not many were aware of this.

There may indeed have been some not aware of this fact, but still even if fully aware of what he's gone through, I have to say I was expecting a bit more from him today. When exactly the surgery/surgeries took place that I can't say, but I did trust he'd had some time to recover, as he chose to play in Kitzbühel.

Most likely it was just my fault to expect too much too early from him though. I guess, and at the same time I hope, that Fogna was more or less just testing his current level here and trying to get some sort of an idea what it takes to get back to a competitive level again.

Mocking Fabio for this loss is very low. This is his first match after surgery. It might take him some time to get back in the groove.

Quite right. You have to be humble enough to go through that stage as well in tennis (ok, we've seen some comebacks pretty much out of nowhere, but that has meant that the player in question has taken a long time off and hired practice partners playing countless hours with them before returning to the tour) so nothing to be embarrassed about in doing so.

 

[enlightenedth]

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I know it hurts. A lot.

 

[Bakano]

Dafuk

 

[teamthiem]

haha fog trollin