One of the biggest victories at the United States Open on Saturday didn’t happen on a tennis court. It was even sweeter than a great sports performance, and much more satisfying, too.
It materialized when the Italian player Fabio Fognini was kicked out the door.
Fognini — the No. 22 seed in singles who lost in the first round, but had advanced to the third round in doubles — was provisionally suspended from playing in the Open after an X-rated rant against a female chair umpire during his first-round match on Wednesday.
He unleashed a barrage of Italian curses upon Louise Engzell, a veteran umpire, calling her a whore and saying she was someone who engaged in oral sex.