{"id":72845,"date":"2025-08-10T17:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T17:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/72845\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T17:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T17:56:09","slug":"fabio-fognini-suggests-if-he-feels-he-could-have-done-more-with-his-tennis-career-now-hes-retired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/72845\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabio Fognini suggests if he feels he could have done more with his tennis career now\u00a0he\u2019s\u00a0retired\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At Wimbledon earlier this summer, the tennis world said goodbye to another star of the golden generation, as Fabio Fognini bid farewell to fans on Centre Court.<\/p>\n<p>In the final match of his career, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/carlos-alcaraz-and-fabio-fognini-exchange-messages-on-social-media-after-their-wimbledon-battle-on-centre-court\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fognini forced Carlos Alcaraz to a fifth set<\/a> and was on the verge of delivering an enormous upset in round one at the championships. <\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t to be for the 38-year-old Italian, however, who conceded the decisive set to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alcaraz<\/a>, before receiving a standing ovation from the crowd as he left the court for the final time. <\/p>\n<p>Over a month after announcing his retirement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/fabio-fognini\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fognini<\/a> has reflected on his decision to move on to pastures new. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2222939501-1-1024x729.jpg\" alt=\"Fabio Fognini and Carlos Alcaraz embrace at the net after their first-round match at Wimbledon in 2025\" class=\"wp-image-106780\" \/>Photo by Visionhaus\/Getty ImagesFabio Fognini speaks about his retirement after Wimbledon <\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennisworlditalia.com\/tennis\/news\/Atp_Tennis\/101338\/atpwta-cincinnati-ecco-l-orario-dei-match-di-paolini-darderi-nardi-e-bronzetti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Tennis World Italia<\/a>, he said: \u201cSince I stopped playing, I haven\u2019t touched my racket and I\u2019ve watched very few highlights of the Wimbledon match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t had the chance to see myself again, being very self-critical. I haven\u2019t seen myself again yet; I haven\u2019t made it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never hidden myself with words; I have to be honest. Everyone has their own personality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome guys might ask me for advice on management. I\u2019ve had my career, could I have done more? Yes. I think not changing as a player has been my best quality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, the person comes before the player; winning shouldn\u2019t have changed me as a person. I\u2019m happy to have the opportunity to talk about it now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2222942175-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Fabio Fognini of Italy reacts to the applause from the spectators as he leaves the court after his marathon five-set loss against Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in the first round of the Gentlemen's Singles Competition on Centre Court during the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.\" class=\"wp-image-110205\" \/>Photo by Tim Clayton\/Getty ImagesFabio Fognini\u2019s career achievements<\/p>\n<p>Fognini won nine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/atp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ATP<\/a> singles titles since turning professional in 2004, eight of which came on his preferred surface of clay.<\/p>\n<p>The former world number nine clinched a maiden Masters 1000 crown in 2019, when he emerged victorious in Monte-Carlo.<\/p>\n<p>In singles his best result at a major was a quarterfinal finish at the French Open in 2011, but in doubles he is a Grand Slam champion.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside compatriot Simone Bolelli, Fognini won the 2015 Australian Open title, with the two becoming the first all-Italian men\u2019s pair to win a major title in the Open Era.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At Wimbledon earlier this summer, the tennis world said goodbye to another star of the golden generation, as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[430,2309,99,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-72845","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp","9":"tag-fabio-fognini","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}