Italy's Fabio Fognini announced his retirement from tennis on Wednesday, calling time on a 21-year career that culminated with a memorable five-set thriller against defending Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz that left Centre Court on its feet.

Former top-10 player Fabio Fognini announced his retirement from professional tennis on Wednesday at Wimbledon, where he lost to Carlos Alcaraz in a five-setter on Day 1 of the tournament last week. The 38-year-old Italian pushed two-time defending champion Alcaraz for more than 4 1/2 hours before coming out on the wrong end of the 7-5,

Interviewed by 'BBC Radio 5 Live', former ATP star Greg Rusedski confessed that he was very impressed with Carlitos' performance against Norrie: “No question about it, that’s statement tennis. I mean, everything was happening today, serve and volley, dropshot, movement.