Fabulous Fabio

Fabulous Fabio

 

Fabio Fognini, 26, wins his 2nd consecutive title today as he defeated the qualifier Federico Delbonis in 3 sets. The first set was fairly routine up until 4-4 and that is when Delbonis got the break of serve and served the set out. One had to wonder if the high amount of tennis played lately for Fognini was catching up to him. To add on to that, it is very difficult to read Fabio in the first place. He found a little more in the tank and end up taking the match in 3.

Stuttgart and Hamburg are Fabio's first two titles of his career and he is now going to be ranked in the top 20  ( at #19) for the first time in his career. Obviously his best surface is clay as he has made the quarterfinals of the French Open while not advancing further than the 3rd round at all the other grand slams. He sports are career losing record on the pro tour, but you would not know that fact if you have watched him the past 2 weeks.

He is not finished though as he is entered in the tournament at Umag, Croatia starting tomorrow. Another clay tournament, it would be a safe bet to think that Fabio will go far yet again. He is the 2nd highest ranked player there behind top 10 player Richard Gasquet. He may run out of gas sometime in this tournament, but I for one hope that he continues with the stellar play and makes a push to win 3 consecutive titles.

Winning 3 consecutive titles has only been accomplished 5 other times and the names associated with those are: Roger Federer(2), Pete Sampras, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic. Great company if you ask me if Fabio indeed wins again.

Source for consecutive titles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATP_World_Tour_records#Consecutive_streaks