The next Johnny Mac? Can’t be serious!
Note to self: Do not forget the name Fabio Fognini. He is a latter-day John McEnroe, without the Grand Slams. He is irascible and volatile, and you must cover his every match at the U.S. Open later this summer.
McEnroe had his famous “You are the pits of the world!” rant, and his other classic: “Do you have any problems, other than that you’re unemployed, a moron and a dork?”
Fognini is 27, the top Italian player, the No. 16 seed. He got fined $27,000 the other day for abusing the l awns with his racket, and then screaming to chair umpire Wayne McEwen t hat he would “smash my racket on your head.”
Fabio didn’t follow through, but didn’t seem to try very hard at the end of his fiveset, third-round loss to South African Kevin Anderson, either. He had a two-sets-to-one lead, and then finished it up as if he had a dinner reservation. When he was asked about what was i n his mind at the end, he said, “Maybe I can play one more game (and) I’m in the shower.”
The all-white police are out in such force that word is that women are being told not to wear brightly colored sports bras, and being asked about it in press conferences. “Obviously, if the color of the bra is really bright, the top is see-through, you can see it through,” Caroline Wozniacki said. After knocking out the No. 2 seed, Li Na, Barbora Zahlavova Strycova of the Czech Republic said, “I think it’s weird to check under my skirt to see if I have white underwear.”
It is weird. Another note to self: do not ask any female ten nis player s about t hei r undergarments.