Fognini and a tremendous outburst after his retirement: "He didn't even greet me, didn't say anything to me.."

2025 has been the year in which Fabio Fognini decided to put the finishing touch on his professional career. The Italian, always a character, announced his retirement after his great performance against Carlos Alcaraz at Wimbledon: months later, he has spoken about an episode involving the Italian Davis Cup captain, Filippo Volandri, hinting that their relationship is not the best.

"The same day I announced my retirement from tennis at Wimbledon, I was having dinner and Volandri was at the next table. He greeted us, but didn't have the courage to say anything to me, not even about my career. He said nothing." Everything seems to trace back to 2023, when Fabio was excluded from the Davis Cup Finals without any explanation, as he recounts: "They didn't say anything to me, and I didn't speak with anyone. If you are a man, sometimes there must be confrontation, even with different opinions. It's ridiculous. I didn't accept it and I never will," confessed the San Remo native.

This is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Fognini y una tremenda rajada tras su retirada: "Ni me saludó, no me dijo nada..."