{"id":6874,"date":"2013-07-21T19:25:25","date_gmt":"2013-07-21T19:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/tennis-fognini-claims-second-straight-atp-title\/"},"modified":"2013-07-21T19:25:25","modified_gmt":"2013-07-21T19:25:25","slug":"tennis-fognini-claims-second-straight-atp-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/tennis-fognini-claims-second-straight-atp-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis: Fognini claims second straight ATP title"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fabio Fognini saved a match point and claimed his second straight title on Sunday with victory over Argentine qualifier Federico Delbonis in the Hamburg Open final.<\/p>\n

Italy’s Fognini won his debut title last weekend in Stuttgart and followed it up with a 4-6, 7-6 (10\/8), 6-2 victory on Sunday over Delbonis who had eliminated former world number one Roger Federer in Saturday’s semi-finals.<\/p>\n

Delbonis, ranked 114th in the world, squandered a match point in the second set against the 12th-seeded Fognini.<\/p>\n

“At the end, there was a bit of luck involved. At times, Federico was really strong,” admitted Fognini.<\/p>\n

“I will try and defend my title again next year.”<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old Fognini had needed to get his temper under control to win the claycourt final after several outbursts in the second set.<\/p>\n

Having lost the first set and found himself 4-1 down in the second, Fognini levelled at 4-4 and eventually forced a tie-breaker.<\/p>\n

A double fault by the Italian gave Delbonis a match-point at 6-5, which left Fognini slamming his racquet into the court in frustration.<\/p>\n

The Italian, ranked 25th in the world, composed himself to win the tie-break, then raced into a 3-0 lead in the final set before going on to convert his first match point after 2 hours, 27 minutes.<\/p>\n

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