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Italian Fabio Fognini pulled off one of the upsets of the 2019 ATP Tour season on Saturday, defeating 11-time Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters champion Rafael Nadal in straight sets to reach his first ATP Masters 1000 final.
Last year, Fognini sat down with ATPWorldTour.com to talk about his ATP Firsts.
First pinch-me moment on the ATP World Tour
[In 2006], I was playing qualies at Buenos Aires, and I made it through the main draw and I was playing [Carlos] Moya and I lost 6-4 in the third, and t...
Fabio Fognini produced the performance of his career on Saturday to stun 11-time champion Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-2 at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters, advancing to his first ATP Masters 1000 final.
Fognini claimed 11 of 14 games from 1-3 down in the first set to stun the 33-time Masters 1000 champion after one hour and 36 minutes. Fogninis fourth victory in 15 FedEx ATP Head2Head encounters against the 80-time tour-level titlist ends 18-match and 25-set winning streaks for Nadal in the Principality. ...
Dusan Lajovic pulled off a stunner on Saturday to reach the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters final, winning 12 of the final 13 games from 1-5 down to defeat Russian Daniil Medvedev. Not only is this his first ATP Masters 1000 final, but its his first ATP Tour championship match. Lajovics only previous quarter-final at this level came last year in Madrid, where he defeated Juan Martin del Potro.
If hes able to play every tournament as he has been playing this one, Im sure hes going to become Top 20 afte...
Dusan Lajovic defeated Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 6-1 on Saturday in a battle of first-time ATP Masters 1000 semi-finalists, winning 12 of the final 13 games to reach the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters final.
The World No. 48 is the lowest-ranked Monte-Carlo finalist since No. 53 Hicham Arazi in 2001, advancing after one hour and 35 minutes. He converted six of 12 break points en route to victory. Lajovic is only the second player to reach his first tour-level final at an ATP Masters 1000 event since 2013....
Robin Haase and Wesley Koolhof advanced to their first tour-level final as a team on Saturday, beating Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares 7-6(4), 6-4 at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters.
The Dutch duo, competing together for just the second time, converted seven of 10 break points to reach the championship match after one hour and 37 minutes. Haase and Koolhofs only previous appearance as a team came at last years Libema Open, where they fell in the opening round to eventual champions Dominic Inglot and...
Tennis in Asia is in the midst of a golden age. With World No. 6 Kei Nishikori leading the charge for Japan, 2017 Next Gen ATP Finals champion Hyeon Chung flying the flag for South Korea, freshly-minted Top 100 star Prajnesh Gunneswaran enjoying a breakthrough campaign for India, and China steadily establishing itself as an emerging force, the continent is enjoying great success in recent years.
While it might not have the championship pedigree of its neighbors, Chinese Taipei is also making gre...