TOKYO (AP) — Italian tennis player Fabio Fognini has apologized for yelling at himself with a homophobic slur during a loss in the Olympic tennis tournament.
Fognini used the offensive Italian word repeatedly during the three-set loss to Russian player Daniil Medvedev in the third round on Wednesday.
Fognini wrote in
https://www.instagram.com/fabiofogna/?hl=en early Thursday that the
https://apnews.com/article/2020-tokyo-olympics-tennis-heat-daniil-medvedev-paula-badosa-aaca17b9ddec02d946361ee019ba2069 "affected his head" and that he "used a really stupid expression toward myself."
"Obviously I didn't want to offend anyone's feelings," Fognini added. "I love the LGBT community and I apologize for the nonsense that I let out."
The Instagram story was written on a rainbow background.