Flavia Pennetta

Pennetta: "It was Fognini who broke the wall of Italian tennis, not Sinner". Photo: Gettyimages

Pennetta: "It was Fognini who broke the wall of Italian tennis, not Sinner"

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Flavia Pennetta is the latest Italian to have conquered a Grand Slam, despite the attempts of Jasmine Paolini reaching the finals of Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 2024. Pennetta surprised everyone by winning the US Open 2015 against her compatriot Roberta Vinci. A milestone that propelled her to fame: "I broke a barrier, for all Italian women: it is no coincidence that, from then on, we girls started a cycle. If Flavia did it, we can too," she declared in an interview for the Corriere della Sera.

However, she defended her husband Fabio Fognini, crediting him for reigniting interest in men's tennis in Italy, not Jannik Sinner: "For women, I was like Sinner. And for men, it was my husband Fognini who broke the barrier of Italian tennis, not Sinner."

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Pennetta: "Fue Fognini quien rompió el muro del tenis italiano, no Sinner"

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Flavia Pennetta. Photo: Getty

Flavia Pennetta will carry the Olympic torch at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Games

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Flavia Pennetta, 43 years old and retired from tennis since 2015, will be one of those responsible for carrying the Olympic torch at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. This will be a tribute to an Italian tennis legend, who boasts the 2015 US Open and the 2010 WTA Finals singles titles, as well as the 2011 Australian Open doubles title with Argentine Gisela Dulko. She also won the Billie Jean King Cup four times (2006, 2009, 2010, and 2013). In recent years, Pennetta has been accompanying her current husband, Fabio Fognini, to ATP tournaments around the globe.

 

 

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Flavia Pennetta llevará la antorcha olímpica en los Juegos de Invierno Milán-Cortina 2026

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Pennetta: "It was Fognini who broke the wall of Italian tennis, not Sinner". Photo: Gettyimages

Pennetta: "It was Fognini who broke the wall of Italian tennis, not Sinner"

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Flavia Pennetta is the latest Italian to have conquered a Grand Slam, despite the attempts of Jasmine Paolini reaching the finals of Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 2024. Pennetta surprised everyone by winning the US Open 2015 against her compatriot Roberta Vinci. A milestone that propelled her to fame: "I broke a barrier, for all Italian women: it is no coincidence that, from then on, we girls started a cycle. If Flavia did it, we can too," she declared in an interview for the Corriere della Sera.

However, she defended her husband Fabio Fognini, crediting him for reigniting interest in men's tennis in Italy, not Jannik Sinner: "For women, I was like Sinner. And for men, it was my husband Fognini who broke the barrier of Italian tennis, not Sinner."

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Pennetta: "Fue Fognini quien rompió el muro del tenis italiano, no Sinner"

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Flavia Pennetta. Photo: Getty

Flavia Pennetta will carry the Olympic torch at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Games

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Flavia Pennetta, 43 years old and retired from tennis since 2015, will be one of those responsible for carrying the Olympic torch at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. This will be a tribute to an Italian tennis legend, who boasts the 2015 US Open and the 2010 WTA Finals singles titles, as well as the 2011 Australian Open doubles title with Argentine Gisela Dulko. She also won the Billie Jean King Cup four times (2006, 2009, 2010, and 2013). In recent years, Pennetta has been accompanying her current husband, Fabio Fognini, to ATP tournaments around the globe.

 

 

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Flavia Pennetta llevará la antorcha olímpica en los Juegos de Invierno Milán-Cortina 2026

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