Foul-mouthed Fognini suspended
China Daily | Updated: 2017-09-04 07:44
NEW YORK - Rafael Nadal said on Saturday that tennis chiefs were wrong to wait three days before kicking controversial Italian Fabio Fognini out of the US Open for a vile, sexist tirade at a female umpire.
The 30-year-old Fognini aimed two ugly misogynistic blasts at umpire Louise Engzell as he crashed out in his first-round match against fellow Italian Stefano Travaglia on Wednesday.
But Fognini, with compatriot Simone Bolelli, won two rounds of men's doubles on Thursday and Friday before the Grand Slam board defaulted him on Saturday.
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