sad for Del Potro and why he won’t watch tennis when he retires

sad for Del Potro and why he won’t watch tennis when he retires

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On Thursday afternoon, Fabio Fognini got his first win in the Argentina Open after eight years, when they reached the 2014 final before falling to David Ferrer. And after overcoming several years of physical problems and misguided performances, he had the luxury of celebrating twice; first, he surpassed Spanish in singles Peter Martinez 6-4 and 7-6 (7-5), and then did the same in doubles together with Horace Zeballosby beating Andrea Collarini and to Spanish Mario Villela Martinez by 5-7, 6-2 and 14-12.

Looking ahead to your date on Friday, no less than against Federico Delbonis for the quarterfinalsthe one from San Remo gave a press conference in which he spoke without mincing words and did not dodge any of the hottest topics in tennis and also sport in general, with the experience and ease acquired at 34 years old.

Fabio Fognini won again at the Argentina Open after 8 years without knowing a win in Buenos Aires.

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Fabio Fognini won again at the Argentina Open after 8 years without knowing a victory in Buenos Aires. (Press Argentina Open/)
  • On his match against Delbonis: “We know each other very well. I want revenge, in the last game of Roland Garros [el año pasado, con triunfo del argentino en sets corridos] It was very bad for me, I played very badly. He deserved to win.”

  • Your current moment: “I think I’m at a point in my career where I should enjoy what I’ve done more. I have achieved everything I set out to do, I have played all the Grand Slams, I have won a Masters 1000 tournament. I am not achieving it at the moment, I am struggling to improve in the ranking, although it does not worry me so much. I want to enter the big tournaments, where I am more motivated. I want to finish my career in the best possible way. I am fighting it after a very bad last two years.”

  • How he saw Del Potro: “What happened to Juan Martín, who is a friend and colleague, makes me sad. I am quite sincere, and I did not see it well, it is not to play. I remember when I was 15 or 16 years old playing the L’Avvenire tournament in Milan… and looking at him the way he was the other night makes me sad. Everybody knows the real Juan, Martín when he was playing and fighting for the Top 3 or 4, when Murray was also there, and they weren’t very happy to face him. As a friend I wish him the best. I didn’t get a chance to talk to him because knowing him this week it must have been very difficult to talk to him.”

The hug in the net after the end: Del Potro congratulates Fognini

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The hug in the net after the final in Los Cabos: Del Potro congratulates Fognini, in the final that the Italian won in 2018 (Los Cabos Open Press /)
  • The tennis of the future: “I’m not going to see the next tennis, because I don’t like it. I am a guy who needs a Rafa Nadal who runs, hits. I don’t like tennis today. I don’t like bombs, serves and forehands. I am part of the old generation, in which in the last 15 years spending a week in a Grand Slam was like doing a semifinal today. I played Nalbandian, Ferrer, Nadal, Federer. To this day, the young people who are involved must be very happy. In that new generation I don’t think there is a Djokovic, a Nadal, a Federer, a del Potro, a Murray. Maybe I’m wrong, I don’t understand anything about tennis”.

  • Novak Djokovic y el Australian Open: “I was not there. The truth is that I spoke to him, I sent him a message when they fired him. I don’t know what to tell you, the truth is that it was all very crazy. Knowing him, she has fought it because she knows she can fight it. He knew that he had the cards to be able to play, there were doubts about whether he had Covid, but only he and his doctors know that, it is something very private. It was a sad thing, because there was more talk about this than about tennis, about a great tournament, a Grand Slam. It’s hard for me to say something that I don’t want to say right now, because I’m outside of everything. As a tennis player I would have liked to see Djokovic to see what would happen. The next three Grand Slams are going to be intriguing. Let’s see what the young people do.”

  • His relationship with Hernán Crespo: “I am a big fan of football, I like it. I played it until I was 15 years old. I was able to meet Hernán when he was at Genoa, which was very close to home. I am an Inter fan. I love talking to champions or people who have had careers like this, I like to know the emotions they experience before each game. Vieri has also told me many things. As a tennis player, I love knowing how each athlete lives the sport”.

  • Mouth or River?: “I do not answer. My dad used to give me Boca and River shirts. I am a soccer fanatic. The other day I went to the River field because they invited me, I spoke with Franco (Davín, his coach), who is a fan, and everyone told me to go see Boca, but I didn’t have the opportunity. If they tell me to go see a Boca-River, I go head first. But I don’t want to choose, I don’t care in that sense”.

Fognini's next appointment will be against Federico Delbonis, for the quarterfinals of the Argentina Open.

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Fognini’s next appointment will be against Federico Delbonis, for the quarterfinals of the Argentina Open. (Press Argentina Open/)
  • His comeback after injuries: “Right now I have to go step by step because it is costing me more than other times. I’m not 24 anymore, I’ll be 35 in May. It bothers me because I’m a competitor and I don’t like being like that, but I’m going to fight with all my soul”.

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