VERY UPSET. Why Fabio Fognini imitated Ben Shelton’s celebration after being excluded from Davis Cup team

Fognini, an Italian player, criticized Italy's Team Captain, Filippo Volandri, for not selecting him for the Davis Cup tie.

Fognini With The Ben Shelton Celebration

Ben Shelton is becoming more and more of a trendsetter with his trademark celebration. The Italian player was quite disappointed for not being part of the Italian team in the upcoming Davis Cup tie.

Fabio Fognini imitated Shelton’s celebration to criticize Italy’s Team Captain, Filippo Volandri, for not selecting him for the Davis Cup. Fognini had first been called up, but Volandri ultimately chose to swap him out for Vavassori, who was viewed as being “more reliable.” Due to their health issues, Jannik Sinner and Matteo Berrettini were also replaced by Lorenzo Sonego and Matteo Arnaldi.

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Fabio Fognini in 2023

Fabio Fognini

35 - 28win/loss

Hard
7-10
I Hard
2-4
Clay
23-12
Grass
3-2
37 year old
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2024 Highlights

Ranked no.131, Fabio played his last match on the 10th of September when he surrendered to world no.76 Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-2 7-6(3) in the final of the Genova Challenger (draw).

Currently, during this season the Italian achieved a compiled 16-16 win-loss record. Fabio Fognini’s latest run in the Genova Challenger was the best achievement of his season.

Fognini
Genova Challenger
Fognini's Record

Ben Shelton in 2023

Ben Shelton

42 - 26win/loss

Hard
22-13
I Hard
8-5
Clay
8-4
Grass
4-4
22 year old
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2024 Highlights

Ranked world no.19 (career-high), Shelton played his last match on the 8th of September when he capitulated to world no.1 Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-2 7-6(4) in the semifinal of the U.S. Open (draw).

Until now, during this year Ben has a compiled 19-23 match record. Ben Shelton’s best achievement of the present season was getting to the semifinal in the Cagliari Challenger and at the U.S. Open.

Shelton
U.S. Open
Shelton's Record

Fabio Fognini and Ben Shelton clashed against each other just once. Their head to head is 1-0 for Shelton. When they played, Ben Shelton won 6-4 6-1 in the 1st round in Indian Wells (BNP Paribas Open) on the 9th of March 2023.

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