Fabio Fognini has finally claimed his first ATP Title in the Mercedes Cup winning against Phillip Kohlschreiber in 3 sets 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 making him the 6th player to win a first title this ATP season yesterday, July 14, 2013.
He reached the top beating first seeded Tommy Haas in the quarterfinals and in the finals, second seeded Phillip Kohlschreiber. Ah finally, something to make me smile :) Though I hate the idea that these games are not shown on the sports channels available on my TV when Fernando Verdasco was playing in Swedish Open and Fabio Fognini on Stuttgart. But still, so happy for him.
Fabio Fognini with his trophy and new Mercedes Benz (wohoo!)
Photo: Paul Zimmer
Fognini will be the the last or second to the last (not sure) Mercedes Cup champion/champions to win on clay surface since Stuttgart is already in transition to grass on 2015. The tournament will be moved with the other ATP Tour 250 games in between the slams Roland Garros and Wimbledon in the efforts to put an additional week for players to prepare from clay to grass surface.
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