Fognini warns the Alcaraz / Sinner generation: "It will be difficult for them to live through an era like mine".
Fabio Fognini is one of the veterans of the ATP circuit. At 37, the whimsical Italian has no intention of stopping just yet, as evidenced by his respectable 91st world ranking.
A professional since 2004, the Transalpine has seen a whole prodigious generation pass through his hands, and can therefore testify to his achievements.
In a statement relayed by Relevo, he declares: "I've lived through an incomparable period, not only in tennis, but in all sports. Now that the new generations are arriving... I don't want to get ahead of myself, but it will be difficult for them to live through an era like mine. It was synonymous with excellence.
On the one hand, I rubbed shoulders with three historic tennis players. Three icons of the sport. Yes, Murray was the fourth, but the others were the Hail Mary. For me, what they did cannot be reproduced. I stress the good fortune of having played at the same time, but also the bad luck of having suffered them.
With them on the pitch, it was almost impossible to get a good result in a Grand Slam."
* Total titles: 15
* Slams finals: 3 won 1 lost
* 1000s: 1 won 3 lost
Murray:
* Total titles: 46
* Slams finals: 3 won 8 lost
* 1000s finals: 14 won 7 lost
* Olympic gold finals: 2 win 0 lost
Murray's achievement goes beyond all other players the last 20+ years, except for Roger's, Rafa's and Djokovic's. To me the distance between him and Stan is huge and similar to the distance between Murray and big there. Murray is actually one of the absolute brightest shining stars on the tennis heaven but he and everyone else will end up in the shadow of big there now when the history books are about to be written. But Murray was really really good.