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Rome: Defending champion Andy Murray was eliminated from the 2017 Italian Open, losing 6-2, 6-4 to Fabio Fognini in a second round match.<\/p>\nRome: Defending champion Andy Murray was eliminated from the 2017 Italian Open, losing 6-2, 6-4 to Fabio Fognini in a second round match.<\/p>\n
The Scotsman and current world No. 1 took the title in Rome last year without losing a set, but has yet to return to top form after coming back from an elbow injury, reports Efe news agency.<\/p>\n
Italy’s Fognini, who is ranked 29th in the world, was the clear favorite among the crowd at the Campo Centrale on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The 29-year-old underdog broke Murray’s serve early and jumped out to a 4-0 lead on the way to winning the first set 6-2.<\/p>\n
The 30-year-old Murray trailed 1-4 in the second set before breaking Fognini’s serve and battling back to 5-4, but the Italian hung on to win the set and the match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Rome: Defending champion Andy Murray was eliminated from the 2017 Italian Open, losing 6-2, 6-4 to Fabio Fognini in a second round match.<\/p>\n
The Scotsman and current world No. 1 took the title in Rome last year without losing a set, but has yet to return to top form after coming back from an elbow injury, reports Efe news agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1445,9103,466,22167,12894],"class_list":["post-34761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-tennis-news","tag-andy-murray","tag-fabio-fognini","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-italian-open","tag-tennis-news"],"yoast_head":"\n