Fabio Fognini consoles himself by feasting his eyes on Jannik Sinner

The words of Fabio Fognini

Fabio Fognini spoke in a press conference after the loss to Roberto Bautista Agut: “I am sorry because I am playing well, at points I would have won it. This sport gives and this sport takes away, I have nothing to complain about. Today è it was a set apart, you can’t talk about tennis because it was difficult to play; he è was slightly more solid than me and he brought it home. Yesterday I was a different player, but today I struggled, my physique was affected and I felt a bit’ of tension".

"It’ s hard to analyze a set and a tie break like that; there’s only regret that I couldn’ t finish what I did good yesterday. I was more tense and my game did not pay off but sport è beautiful for that, and it makes you inc…. for that too. In tennis I play better, in points I play better, I lost and he deserved. That’s all. Still there remains the satisfaction of having reached a third round at Wimbledon” again.  

"It was a very good two weeks, after 3 years of absence on’grass I must say I enjoyed it. Now I am a little bit’ sorry but the balance è absolutely positive. I play becauseé I still love the sport, I doné t have to prove anything to anyone, Ié m happy because Ié m playing well and having fun”.

Inevitable question about Jannik Sinner: "We are making eyes with Jannik and all the other young people. It’ s nice to see the passion that Sinner is bringing to Italy and this è a great thing. After 20 years of only talking about Roger, Rafa and Nole, now it is the Italians’ turn. I always cheered for tennis, although of course I lived it as a competitor and there was always the sports rosiness if I lost, now I watch tennis and smile. There are so many of us and they are talking about us, finally in Italy we are talking about our sport, no longer è only soccer soccer".