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Watch: Fabio Fognini karate kicks his racket after loss to qualifier

Defending champion and No. 2 seed Fabio Fognini made an early exit in Hamburg, losing 6-4, 6-0 to No. 149 Filip Krajinovic in the second round. The match lasted

Courtney Nguyen

Watch: Fabio Fognini karate kicks his racket after loss to qualifier
Watch: Fabio Fognini karate kicks his racket after loss to qualifier /

Defending champion and No. 2 seed Fabio Fognini made an early exit in Hamburg, losing 6-4, 6-0 to No. 149 Filip Krajinovic in the second round. The match lasted just 55 minutes and Krajinovic lost just eight points in the second set. So yeah, Fabio was in a bad mood.

After tossing his racket in frustration to start the second set, Fognini fell behind 0-3 in the second and proceeded to Jean-Claude Van Damme his trusty Babolat and snap it in half. The outburst obviously didn't help. He lost the next three games too. The loss means Fognini could fall outside the top 20 on Monday. 

Watch Fabio be Fabio below:

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Courtney Nguyen
COURTNEY NGUYEN

Contributor, SI.com Nguyen is a freelance writer for SI.com, providing full coverage of professional tennis both on and off the court. Her content has become a must-read for fans and insiders to stay up-to-date with a sport that rarely rests. She has appeared on radio and TV talk shows all over the world and is one of the co-hosts of No Challenges Remaining, a weekly podcast available on iTunes. Nguyen graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 1999 and received a law degree from the University of California, Davis in 2002. She lives in the Bay Area.

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