Wimbledon ace Fabio Fognini faces ban from tennis after attending Man City remaining

Wimbledon star Fabio Fognini is reportedly dealing with a ban from tennis after lacking a doping take a look at to attend the Champions League remaining between Manchester City and Inter Milan earlier this month. The 36-year-old Italian has competed in Wimbledon on 13 events and gained the Australian Open males’s doubles alongside Simone Bolelli in 2015 however now finds himself in scorching water with the tennis authorities.

Fognini is a loyal Inter fan and flew to Istanbul to observe his beloved crew lose 1-0 to the Citizens on the Ataturk Olympic Stadium. According to Sportmediaset, doping officers then arrived on the participant’s home to seek out he wasn’t there.

And Fognini is now prone to a ban from the game because it was the second time he had missed a take a look at.

The veteran has been on the ATP Tour since 2004 and is at present ranked at No 122 on the earth. Earlier this month, he reached the third spherical of the French Open earlier than being defeated by Sebastian Ofner following a five-set thriller.

He additionally reached the second spherical of the doubles alongside Bolelli at Roland Garros however has since been out of motion after sustaining an stomach damage throughout his run in Paris.

Fognini will nonetheless be hoping he is ready to take to the grass courts at Wimbledon, the place he has by no means gone past the third spherical. But his freedom to compete on the Tour is now hanging within the steadiness.

Fognini, who climbed to No 9 on the earth rankings in 2019, was dispatched by Dutch ace Tallon Griekspoor within the first spherical of final yr’s Wimbledon and has beforehand struggled for type on grass.

His greatest singles efficiency in a Grand Slam got here method again in 2011 when he reached the quarter-finals of the French Open earlier than pulling out forward of a showdown with Novak Djokovic. And he’ll now be desperately hoping his doping absence doesn’t throw his profession off track.

Fognini’s journey to Turkey proved to be a disappointing one in additional methods than one as Inter have been second greatest all through their encounter with City. The Italian crew put up a courageous combat in opposition to the Premier League champions and pissed off their opponents for big spells of the match.

But Pep Guardiola’s facet lastly made their breakthrough halfway by way of the second half as midfielder Rodri lashed a thumping effort into the again of the online.

Inter pressed ahead in quest of an equaliser late on and went shut on plenty of events. But City held on to safe a well-known Treble after the English facet had already bought their arms on the Premier League and FA Cup trophies – and now Fognini faces a double dose of disappointment after his journey to Turkey.