Frustrated Fognini explodes in Wimbledon bomb rant


By ToDavis
  • Tennis
  • Sunday, 07 Jul 2019

Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 6, 2019 Italy's Fabio Fognini in action during his third round match against Tennys Sandgren of the U.S. REUTERS/Carl Recine

LONDON (Reuters) - To many players Wimbledon's manicured lawns are the finest grass courts in the world, but seemingly not to Fabio Fognini, who cursed the English and said he wished a bomb would explode at the All England Club on Saturday.

In apparent frustration at playing his third-round match on Court 14, one of Wimbledon's smaller outside courts, the Italian lost his cool during his third-round straight-sets defeat by Tennys Sandgren.

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