Fognini dominates Wimbledon debut: Van Assche defeated in three sets (Video summary)

Fabio Fognini his adventure at Wimbledon 2024 starts off on the right foot. The Italian tennis player brilliantly passed the first round, defeating the French lucky loser Luca van Assche with a clear 6-1, 6-3, 7-5 in two hours and five minutes of play.
The statistics highlight the Ligurian’s superiority: 42 winners against 20, 112 total points won against 94, and 12 aces. His effectiveness on break points is particularly impressive, converting 6 out of 14 and saving 10 out of 11.

Fognini dominated from the start, winning the first set in just 27 minutes. In the second set, despite some difficulties in serving, the Italian managed to snatch the decisive break in the eighth game, closing 6-3. The third set was more fought, with van Assche finding the counterbreak in the eighth game, but Fognini showed greater clarity in the key moments, closing 7-5.

With this victory, Fognini earns the pass to the second round, where he will face the Norwegian Casper Ruudthe tournament’s number 8 seed. A tough challenge that will test the Italian’s ambitions on the London grass.

Slam Wimbledon

L. Van Assche

1

3

5

F. Fognini

6

6

7

Winner: F. Fognini

Service

Execution

Set 3

F. Fognini

15-0

15-15

30-15

40-15

ace

40-30

df

5-6 → 5-7

L. Van Assche

15-0

ace

30-0

30-15

30-30

30-40

40-40

40-A

5-55-6

F. Fognini

15-0

15-15

30-15

ace

30-30

40-30

5-4 → 5-5

F. Fognini

0-15

15-15

ace

30-15

30-30

30-40

3-44-4

F. Fognini

15-0

ace

30-0

40-0

40-15

df

40-30

2-3 → 2-4

L. Van Assche

15-0

ace

15-15

15-30

df

30-30

30-40

40-40

A-40

40-40

A-40

40-40

A-40

40-40

A-40

0-2 → 1-2

F. Fognini

15-0

15-15

15-30

30-30

40-30

ace

0-1 → 0-2

L. Van Assche

15-0

30-0

40-0

40-15

40-30

df

40-40

A-40

40-40

40-A

df

40-40

40-A

df

0-00-1

Service

Development

Set 2

F. Fognini

0-15

15-15

30-15

30-30

30-40

df

40-40

40-A

40-40

A-40

40-40

A-40

3-5 → 3-6

L. Van Assche

0-15

df

15-15

15-30

df

15-40

df

30-40

40-40

A-40

40-40

40-A

40-40

A-40

ace

40-40

40-A

3-43-5

F. Fognini

0-15

0-30

15-30

30-30

30-40

40-40

A-40

ace

3-3 → 3-4

L. Van Assche

15-0

ace

30-0

40-0

ace

40-15

40-30

2-3 → 3-3

F. Fognini

15-0

15-15

30-15

ace

30-30

df

30-40

40-40

A-40

40-40

A-40

40-40

df

A-40

ace

2-2 → 2-3

F. Fognini

0-15

15-15

ace

30-15

30-30

40-30

40-40

A-40

1-1 → 1-2

F. Fognini

15-0

15-15

df

15-30

30-30

30-40

40-40

A-40

0-0 → 0-1

Service

Development

Set 1

L. Van Assche

15-0

15-15

15-30

15-40

30-40

1-51-6

F. Fognini

0-15

df

0-30

0-40

15-40

30-40

40-40

40-A

40-40

A-40

40-40

A-40

ace

1-4 → 1-5

L. Van Assche

0-15

0-30

df

15-30

15-40

30-40

1-11-2

F. Fognini

15-0

30-0

30-15

30-30

30-40

40-40

A-40

ace

1-0 → 1-1

Statistics
 
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