This 17-point roundup is about the men and women who put it all on or inside the lines at the rowdiest major event of the season. The hits started early, and they simply kept coming.
See No. 17 here.
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It has to be said: The word is overused when describing both of them, but Fabio Fognini is flat-out more "mercurial" than Nick Kyrgios.
The following is not a referendum on Kyrgios. It is an indictment of Fognini. This countdown has so many marks to hit that we need to get this reprehensible incident out of the way early. Fognini argued with a female chair umpire in the midst of a singles loss and then took to disrespectful and profane language in addressing her.
Fognini did apologize, in a classic example of "too little and too late":