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Beauty and chaos at the Tennis Napoli Cup. 

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[vc_empty_space height="45px"][vc_empty_space height="45px"]Above: Lorenzo Musetti, Fabio Fognini, Sebastian Baez, Corentin Moutet, Lorenzo Sonego, Roberto Bautista Agut, Mackenzie McDonald and Francesco Passaro in Napoli.[vc_empty_space height="45px"][vc_row full_width="stretch_row"][vc_column width="1/6"][vc_column width="1/6"][vc_column width="1/6"][vc_tweetmeme share_via="racqetmagazine"][vc_column width="1/6"][vc_facebook type="button_count"][vc_column width="1/6"][vc_column width="1/6"][vc_empty_space height="45px"][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_custom_heading text="SUBSCRIBE TO RACQUET" font_container="tag:h5|font_size:45px|text_align:center"]

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