Fabio Fognini is tennis’s resident bad boy, and he staked his claim one final time as his 2014 concluded with a disappointing loss to world No. 176 Lucas Pouille at the BNP Paris Masters in Paris on Wednesday.



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Except this time there was something different about Fognini’s on-court shenanigans. This time, umpire Carlos Bernardes, an affable fellow and quality individual by all accounts, gave Fognini a taste of his own medicine.



The whole incident stems from a bit of confusion on the second-set tiebreaker in which Pouille saves a match point with a service winner and Fognini gestures to Bernardes about the possibility of challenging the call. It’s hard to tell if Fognini is acknowledging that Pouille’s serve was good, or if he was attempting to challenge the call.



In any case, play continues, and when Pouille wins the next point Fognini hauls off and smashes his racquet to the ground, which sends the crowd into a frenzy as Fognini berates Bernardes.



But here’s the kicker: After double-faulting on match point (of course it would end this way), Fognini goes to shake Bernardes’ hand and the umpire refuses (though eventually he does give in and shake with Fognini after much pleading from the Italian, which is hilarious to see)! is tennis’s resident bad boy, and he staked his claim one final time as his 2014 concluded with a disappointing loss to world No. 176at the BNP Paris Masters in Paris on Wednesday.Except this time there was something different about Fognini’s on-court shenanigans. This time, umpire, an affable fellow and quality individual by all accounts, gave Fognini a taste of his own medicine.The whole incident stems from a bit of confusion on the second-set tiebreaker in which Pouille saves a match point with a service winner and Fognini gestures to Bernardes about the possibility of challenging the call. It’s hard to tell if Fognini is acknowledging that Pouille’s serve was good, or if he was attempting to challenge the call.In any case, play continues, and when Pouille wins the next point Fognini hauls off and smashes his racquet to the ground, which sends the crowd into a frenzy as Fognini berates Bernardes.But here’s the kicker: After double-faulting on match point (of course it would end this way), Fognini goes to shake Bernardes’ hand and the umpire refuses (though eventually he does give in and shake with Fognini after much pleading from the Italian, which is hilarious to see)!

Never seen something like this: Bernades refused to shake hands with Fognini — Angelica Fratini (@angelikf) October 29, 2014

Fognini says to Bernades : you have to say you made a mistakes on 7 all tie-break. Finally Carlos shakes hand with Fognini — Angelica Fratini (@angelikf) October 29, 2014

Bernades says to Fognini : you don’t have to insult me. I don’t insult you (after Fognini said him ‘You are crazy’) — Angelica Fratini (@angelikf) October 29, 2014

As you can see in the video above, the two spent a good two minutes discussing their issues and walked off the court on decent terms (it appears that way, at least). But kudos to Bernardes for taking a stand against Fognini’s tiring antics. It’s something that the ATP can’t seem to accomplish, as Fognini has been handed nothing but a slap on the wrist in 2014 for a litany of antics that has basically made not only the Italian, but the ATP look a little foolish.

ATP's continued cowardice when it comes to disciplining Fabio Fognini's inexcusable behavior is a brown smudge on so-called "golden era." — Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) October 29, 2014





Were all the laughs worth it?



Photo Source: Twitter user Alexandre Cossenza And thus ends the most recent campaign of Fabio Fognini, a season that at one point looked like it might end up with a celebration, as Fognini was flirting with becoming the first Italian to reach the top ten in over 30 years for a bit, but eventually ended up in disappointment.Were all the laughs worth it?