He could BARELY MOVE but somehow won this Tennis DRAMA 

Roland Garros 2011, 4th round. Fognini seemed to be down and out because of an injury, which made him move just enough to hit the ball. We never thought this would end like this... Like & Subscribe for more Tennis content! Twitter: twitter.com/sLlorcaTennis

It was at this moment Fognini knew, he could win just by walking around the court.

Fognini's power looks so effortless.

Fognini is the most random fighter of all time; if he wants to win, he's actually gonna win.

How casually Fognini plays when he is match points down.

Fabio Fognini is one of the most creative talents in tennis I have ever watched. He demonstrates the raw power one can get when one is still and balanced, with no energy going in the wrong directions, all energy going to his hand and then the racket. I don't judge him by grand slams but his sheer ability to hit the ball, and his pretty funny personality. He is on my list of favorite players of all time. Tennis would be so much greater if every player would trust and find their own style, and live and die by it as it looks like Fognini has done. Bravo Fabio.

This was the moment when he unlocked his legendary footwork

Most underrated clay courter of all time

Fognini is such a fighter if he really wants to.

The greatest display of talent of tennis history

And to think that this is the only time in Fognini's career where he reaches the QFs of a GS, phew.

Fognini is the man for this. I always thought his attitude was quite funny, now I'm a serious fan

How in the world does he generate that much power by just standing still and not positioning or preparing to hit a shot?

Fognini in the end was like "dude I'm literally hand the match to you, what are you doing"

And this ladies and gentlemen was the day when Fognini decided to never move his legs once again in a tennis match

I loved all those go for broke missiles of Fognini, so entertaining. The guy is so talented, if only he had a good head on his shoulders

Fognini was like ,if we go down then we go down together.

Now I understand why my coach always tells me to play as freely as possible. Wow! this guy's just incredible

The quiet guy in the back of the class: FUDEPIEEE

I guess it took months to Montanes forget this loss.

11:27 cleanest best backhand. Homerun style

I think he footfaulted on the second serve as well 😅😂😂. Linesman didn’t have the balls to call that and end the battle that way .. 😅😅

This guy is the ultimate troll.

This epic Trollnini match summed up in these beautiful words (and say it as many times as you like): faute de pied!

Fognini stays so vertical on his shots, it's fascinating ;0

Fognini: breathes Line man: FOOT FAULT

that’s look like normal Fognini to me, he moves like that, even he isn’t injured.😂😂😂😂😂

I remember this unreal match. Thanks for the video.

His last few games is like: Footwork: Me Tennis Skills: GOAT

Fognini Is a great player we love you ❤️

Damn Both his forehand and backhand are powerful and eye pleasing.

Introducing Fabio 'the less i care, the better i play' Fognini

I would like to be able to play like Fognini when he has no more legs 😂

Excuse the Italian: Il sig.Fognini sé nel tempo in cui era ragazzino gli avessero insegnato il gestire nella sua mente tutte quelle sensazioni in cui saper caricarsi per poi indirizzarle dentro al mach nelle fasi delicate di un game gioco ; se fosse stato così arrivava tra i primi 3 nel mondo!

Fognini: From now on, nobody can take me in 5 sets!

So Fognini is actually the only player in the world who could win a masters 1000 while sitting on a chair in the middle of the court ^^

Montanes played horribly in high-pressure points. Against anyone in the top 50 it’d have been a loss for Fognini

Terrible talento Fognini ! Un partido increíble !!!! Me hizo acordar la final de Roland Garros de Gaudio vs Coria !!!! Impresionante.....

Simply a great fighter and a beautiful tennis player: he really deserverd more than he got.

Great, great, great player !

I remember that year I had the tickets for QF and Final so I literally missed the Djokovic-Fognini match and the Federer-Djokovic SF😅

Today we learned that fognini plays better if he stands still than if he moves

Fognini I love u! Thank you for your talent! ❤

God, those baseline umpires really wanted to get involved, didn't they?

If Tennis were to be played with slippers, Fognini would have been BY FAR the very best.

I thought Fed had it bad against Sandgren in 2020, but this is another level

Lo vi en directo... fue brutal, fabio cada vez corria menos, se quejaba mas y se la jugaba mas, Montañes la mantenia en el campo,,,, era 5to set para los dos..... yo pensaba que era cuento de Fognini.... pero no pudo jugar la sigiente ronda.... de locos.... asi es Fognini.... muy duro para Montañes... simplemente tenis

Montanes had to continue with the smart tactics - repeatedly playing drop shots, to win the easy points against Fognini. Also, I guess, from the psychological standpoint, it's hard to play against an injured opponent, because you feel less motivated and playing (and perhaps winning) such an (unjust) match. But... such is life. That day Fabio gave his best despite the tendon and sealed an unlikely victory :)

That was completely insane

Fognini è fortissimo. Sembra giochi al 50% sempre. woow

Fantastic , Great video

Ese día gane mucho mucho dinero. Aposté a Fogna 2-1 abajo en set y break abajo en el 4°. Inolvidable

Fognini goes full Fognini mode

This was more about the poor display of Montañez than about the skills from Fognini.

I ll miss him

Fognini did the same thing against Nadal at US open 2017. When he’s playing out of his mind he’s unbeatable.

"And this is it surely" LOL

Fabio has always been one of the top talents in tennis for years when the guy is on his game he can beat anyone in the world and has proving it before thing is half the time the guy looks like he doesn’t want to be on the tennis court is a shame because he wasted a lot of his prime years

quel joueur ;-) Bravo !

What a battle!!

Yo but this guy went to an all new level at the end there. I've never seen someone play that good. ngl

Este partido lo vi en directo, Bravo por el Italiano

Che spettacolo il fogna !

Impressionante ‼️💙

Fognini, the king of foot fault

Bastava un briciolo di testa per essere il numero uno che spreco!!!

Unbelievable

I mean I'm happy for fognini, but I cant help but feel the other player played poorly. Should have taken advantage of the hobbled opponent better, especially at that high level. Idk man

Y desde ahí el día que Fabio juega todos los partidos parado sin moverse

Il più forte giocatore italiano , e non solo

Montanes should have taken better advantage of the situation and probably against a higher ranked player Fognini would not have stood a chance, but you have to give Fognini some credit. He's got a rare ability to generate pace that he uses to good effect even when he's fully fit - here he made absolutely the right decision to just swing freely and apart from a couple of lucky net cords his winners were not accidental, they were the result of great talent and intention.

Me la ricordo quella partita, da lì in poi la carriera di Montanes ha svoltato in negativo, invece il Fogna un po' alla volta ha costruito ottimi risultati.

Es increíble como se mueve la pelota parece cancha dura

7:55 even the crowd make fun of the linesman :)

Fabulous Fabio 😄😎

For me fabio is still the best italian in tennis history, no one generate his power both forehand and backhand

It’s A Foot 🦶 Fault From The Italian

Whats hapened to montanes? He was a good player...never heard of him anymore even in 1 round eventd

Foginin can beat the top 100 players without knee joints.

Can you be closer than that to win a match ? The kind of match that can break a career for the loser. Anyway we can see what a truly talented player can do, which is unleash effortless powerful shots using almost only his arm, barely any footwork... and there's nothing you can do about it. nothing! The opponent gets crushed without really understanding why a man barely standing on his feet can send him bombs over and over again. This is more or less the same thing he did to Nadal at the US open where he was going for his shots and there was noting Nadal could do about it. It's difficult to understand why suddenly after 4 hours of a match the guy transforms into super saiyan and becomes untouchable... not a lot of players can do that. That also makes me think about Djokovic vs federer at the us open saving 2 match points on Fed's serve while he seemed mentally already out of it.

I just realized I play like Fognini with a cramp. I just try to wail ground strokes so hard it is either a winner or they can't handle the ball. Who cares if it's out right?

Fognini has a natural gift in his hands. Pity he has no mental constancy

Me alegro por el italiano, Montañés es un tipo siniestro.

THE BEST .. .. the best .. .. the best .. .. the best .. .. the best .. .. the best .. .. the best .. .. the best .. .. the best .. .. the best .. .. the best He is playing with spanish (rival)

Neither men would have played the next match. That was grueling.

You don't see Fognini threaten to shove a ball down a lineperson's throat for 10 foot fault calls. I thought men are doing things that are much worse

Fognini is UNIQUE 'cause of that!!!!

Love the way he plays very talend player but no chance

La verdad es que parece mas que esta entrenando

Grosso Fognini!

Montanes made serious mistakes. Ex the point after Fognini s serve that was so many metres out on the left side though serve wasnt difficult at all he could even try a dropshot not a high risk powerful ending. A dropshot would be more difficult for Fognini to deal. Its his mistakes not Fognini s good tenis.

braccio d'oro

Hay que ser flipao para con un 15 - 40 punto de partido tirar así de arriesgado 9:35 aún le pasa poco, hay que ser semilla

Che sofferenza!

Resume of the 5th set: foot fault.

Fognini screwed Djokovic's record of 41 wins in a row that year( Tipsarevic also gave Novak a WO in Belgrade earlier); also the QF W/O after this match gave Djokovic almost five days gap between his 4 th round and the SF versus Federer , who benefited, and won, just to lose to Rafa who was owned by Djokovic that year! Will never forget this match, was rooting for Montanes!

Fognini's brain was moving but Montañes' didn't so Fognini won the match.

resume: manque de pied

Winning or losing this match wouldn't have made any difference for him I guess. He was already aware about the impossibility to play the QF... Too bad

Hoy volvio a ganar, la magia no se va este lisiado o viejo. Lo de Albert lamentable, Fabio no iba a correr ninguna dejada por muy mal hecha que estuviera, se limito a liftar sin moverlo. Yo creo que se acordara de esto toda su vida, posibles cuartos en RG y se pega un tiro en el pie, mamma mia!