A chair umpire at the German Open was compelled to independent Italian tennis participant Fabio Fognini and Slovenian Aljaz Bedene following their first round match on Tuesday about what appeared to be an concern about a ball marking. 

Fognini gained his 400th acquire on the ATP Tour with a 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 gain above Bedene, but when the two players satisfied at the net to shake palms, Bedene exchanged some ultimate terms with Fognini. 

Fabio Fognini of Italy in action all through working day 4 of the Hamburg European Open 2022 at Rothenbaum on July 19, 2022 in Hamburg, Germany.  (Alexander Scheuber/Getty Images)

"Every time we enjoy, you do one thing like this," a visibly disappointed Bedene was overheard declaring. 

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The umpire stepped down from her chair and bought in among the two, seeking to escort Fognini absent from the verbal altercation, but they carried on. 

Fognini and Bedene walked backed over to the Italian’s side of the courtroom where by Bedene reportedly accused him of pointing to the completely wrong ball markings in the clay to be checked in favor of him. 

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Fabio Fognini, of Italy, in motion through day 4 of the Hamburg European Open 2022 at Rothenbaum on July 19, 2022 in Hamburg, Germany. (Alexander Scheuber/Getty Pictures)

The dispute went on for virtually two minutes. 

Fognini is no stranger to controversy. In 2017, he was suspended from the U.S. Open for unsportsmanlike perform following employing misogynistic language to a woman umpire in the initial spherical. He was then fined in 2019 for responses built all through an outburst at Wimbledon. 

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Fabio Fognini, of Italy, reacts all through a third spherical men's tennis match against Daniil Medvedev, of the Russian Olympic Committee, at the 2020 Summer season Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.  (WHD Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Most recently, he apologized next the 2020 Summer time Olympics just after he made use of homophobic slurs during his reduction to Daniil Medvedev.