Fabio Fognini flies to the second round of the men’s singles tournament Wimbledon 2024: on British grass the blue liquidates the lucky loser transalpino Luca van Assche in three sets with the score of 6-1 6-3 7-5 after two hours and five minutes of play, and will face the number 8 of the seedingthe Norwegian Casper Ruud.
In the first set Fognini cancels a break point in the second game and then dominates, finding the first break at thirty in the third game, then confirming the break to love for 3-1. The Italian takes the Frenchman’s serve again at fifteen in the fifth game, then coming back from 0-40 in the sixth to take the lead at 5-1. The closure comes on the second set point at 6-1 after just 27 minutes.
In the second game the Ligurian saved himself from 30-40 in the first, fifth and seventh games. Fognini, however, in the eighth game puts van Assche in difficulty and takes the lead to 15-40 in response. The blue doesn’t take the first two break opportunities, he misses a third, but at the fourth opportunity he flies to 5-3 and goes on to serve for the set. Fognini still goes 30-40 down, saves a second break point and then reverses the momentum, closing again on the second set point at 6-3 in 47 minutes.
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In the third fraction the Italian breaks at the start of the advantages, and in the third game wastes the opportunity to go to a heavy 3-0. The transalpine has a surge of pride and in the eighth game hits the counterbreak at thirty. The Frenchman, first to serve, also goes to 5-4, but Fognini stays in the set and in the eleventh game comes a new break that sends him to serve for the match: the Ligurian goes to 40-15 and at the second opportunity wins for 7-5 after 51 minutes.
The statistics they reward the Ligurian, who scores 42 winners against 20 of the opponent, conceding 39 free throws against the 43 of the transalpine. Fognini takes home 112 points against 94 of the French, also thanks to 12 aces. The Italian converts 6 of 14 break points had at their disposal, deleting them 10 of the 11 granted.
