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World no. 116, Hugo Grenier of France, will take on Fabio Fognini of Italy, the world number 64, in the first round of the 2022 Tennis Napoli Cup on Wednesday, October 19. Get the live streaming options of this Hugo Grenier v Fabio Fognini match along with its preview, head-to-head, and tips here.
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Double Challenger Tour Winner Grenier
Grenier comes into this event off the back of a successful few months on the Challenger tour, winning events in Spain in July and France last month, both on hard courts.
That brought his Challenger trophy haul to eight in all, with a further ten finals under his belt.
Prior to that he made his Grand Slam debut as a lucky loser at Wimbledon and won his first match there.
He also got into the US Open via the Lucky Loser route and went on to win his first round tie against the Argentine Tomas Martin Etcheverry.
His last main draw appearance was in Tel Aviv where he was beaten by the world number 92 Roman Safiullin in three sets.
Hugo Grenier v Fabio Fognini Head to Head
The pair have never played each other before. This will be the first match between the 26 year old Frenchman, and the Italian, who is nine years older.
Can Fognini Stir Himself?
This has been a season to forget for Fognini, who appears to need the winter break in order to recharge his batteries and reassess his options.
He did reach the semi-final in Rio back in February, a feat he emulated in Belgrade two months later, but those memories will have been obscured by the poor string of results that followed, and there have been times when he has seemed disinterested.
That was certainly the case last week in Gijon, where, in his first round match with Manuel Guinard of France, he won the first set , but then lost eight games in a row before deciding that he had had enough and retiring.
Perhaps playing in front of an Italian crowd might inspire him to lift his game.
