Watch highlights of Fabio Fognini's big win against Andy Murray and of Novak Djokovic advancing on Tuesday at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Photo: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour
Watch these trio of Hot Shots from Fabio Fognini against Andy Murray on Tuesday at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Photo: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour
Fabio Fognini will remember this one. In front of a packed Campo Centrale, the Italian No. 1 played one of the best matches of his career, blasting 23 forehand winners to upset World No. 1 and defending champion Andy Murray 6-2, 6-4 on Tuesday during Murray's Internazionali BNL d'Italia opener in Rome. Fognini becomes the first Italian to beat a World No. 1 since Filippo Volandri in 2007. Volandri defeated Roger Federer 6-2, 6-4 in the third round, also in Rome. Since then Italians had lost 22 in a row vs. World No. 1s. Watch Live On TennisTV Watch Full Match Replays Murray, who didn't drop a set in Rome last year, becomes the first defending champion to lose in...
Main draw action kicked off on Sunday at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome, with home favourite Fabio Fognini among the four players moving into the second round. Fognini needed just 70 minutes to advance past wild card and fellow Italian Matteo Berrettini 6-1, 6-3. His reward is a second-round battle with top seed Andy Murray. The World No. 1 leads their FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry 3-2 and has won their past two matches. John Isner caused the upset of the day by defeating 14th seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-7(4), 7-6(4), 6-1. Isner served twice to stay in the match in the second set before breezing through to the win. He’ll next play Florian Mayer or qualifier Thiago Monteiro. Fernando Verdasco...