Fabio Fognini insults the linesman and gets defaulted in Barcelona

Competing in his 698th ATP match, the 33-year-old Italian Fabio Fognini got defaulted in Barcelona for the first time in a career after insulting the linesman against Bernabe Zapata Miralles!

A former top-10 player underwent arthroscopic surgery on both ankles on May 30 last year, struggling to find the form once he returned and dropping down through the rankings. Standing as the 9th seed, Fabio didn't have to play in the first round at the ATP 500 Barcelona Open, facing the home player Bernabe Zapata Miralles in the second round.

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Playing way below his abilities like many times in the recent six months, Fognini experienced a bagel in the opening set and said some insulting words to the linesman at 4-4 in set number two to end his campaign in the worst possible way. Thanks to the cameras' director, we didn't hear or see what happened, but the chair umpire called unsportsmanlike conduct and sent furious Fabio out from the court.

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