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Italy's most accomplished tennis player Nicola Pietrangeli dies at 92

Pietrangeli was the first Italian player to win a Grand Slam trophy, triumphing at the French Open in 1959.

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00:00Nicola Pietrangheli, the Italian tennis champion of the 1950s and 60s, has died at the age
00:07of 92 on Monday, according to the Italian Tennis and Paddle Federation.
00:12Pietrangheli was the first Italian player to win a Grand Slam trophy triumphing at the
00:18French Open in 1959.
00:21He was also captain of the national team that claimed the Davis Cup in 1976, and reached
00:27the semi-finals at Wimbledon in 1960.
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