The “drunkard” Cobolli, a gesture forbidden to minors on the arena in Bucharest. The Italian champion was stamped at Ion Tiriac's tournament
The Italian Flavio Cobulli (22 years old, 45 ATP) won the final of the ATP 250 tennis tournament yesterday, after defeating Argentine Sebastián Báez (24 years, 36 ATP), score 6-4, 6-4. In the last act, Cobolli started the second chance in front of the South American, but was imposed after an hour and 46 minutes and 7 seconds, according to ATP statistics, and leaves Romania not only with 250 ATP points, but also with a check worth 90,675 euros (here, the painting with prizes).
Flavio Cobulli fought heroically in the capital
The peninsular had a dream week at the National Tennis Center, the host of the competition, one in which he brought the title with the number 100 for Italy, and the results he registered drew the attention of the press in his native country.
The prestigious publication “La Gazzetta Dello Sport”, following its route, was impressed by the way Flavio manifested after the success that propelled into the semifinals. The press in the boot presented a unique video, after the victory in the quarter-finals successful by the Austrian Filip Misolic (game won on Friday, with the score 7-6/5, 6-4, in a little less than two hours of play).
At the end, the tennis born in Florence, but resident in Rome, celebrated the success with a typical gesture. Cobolli imitated a person who overwhelms a drink, but without being terrible.
It can be said that Flavio has given some signs of “dizziness” in the final. He rocked in the last games when he missed six match balls. He recovered in time and closed the final in a minimum of sets.
Flavio Cobolli's gesture, made on the arena in Bucharest
The “copyright” for this idea are owned by a former Italian footballer: Francesco Caputo.
It is known that Flavio Cobulli, the first Italian to triumph in Bucharest and who is at the first ATP tournament in the awarded career, is a big football enthusiast, being a fan of the AS Roma band.
This is the connection with Francesco “Ciccio” Caputo. At the age of 37, the last time in Empoli, Caputo, withdrawn from activity last year, used to celebrate their goals by imitating the gesture to drink alcohol.
Caputo is not even a unknown in series A: it has two selections and a goal at the Italian national, for which it has evolved in 2020.
Francesco Caputo mimics the gestures of a drunkard
Craft beer
The Italian press deciphered at that time the gesture made by Caputo: the striker had just launched a artisan beer mark, called Pagnotta. The business was open with a friend.
Francesco Caputo has launched in the business world since he was an active player, and he invited the fans to drink, after every success.
He is not the only former player who owns a business with alcoholic beverages. The Italian Andrea Pirlo and the Spanish Andres Iniesta run wine production and marketing.
