Regenerated in body and mind, “in peace of mind” after Roland Garros, Fabio Fognini wins another prize because at thirty-seven years old, playing the Slams is a gift to unwrap. Fognini beats the twenty-year-old Frenchman Luca Van Assche, who still has a long apprenticeship on grass, with a very fluid game of passes and accelerations along the lines, showing still brilliant tennis. A notable first performance against Vincenzo Santopadre’s pupil, fished out for the German Dominik Koepfer’s forfatiwho retired due to an ankle ligament injury.
Dominating a set from the break of the third game, with 3 break points canceled from 0/40 and a fourth with the advantage at 4-1. Taking charge in the eighth game of the second set between backhands on the counterattack, forehands along the line and sweet volleys in advance, which earned him the 5-3 finalized on serve (6-3). Then again, Fognini immediately breaks Van Assche’s serve in the third set and puts himself in control against an opponent who varies with difficulty on this surface and despite the counter-break of 5-5, Fabio closes the practice in just over 2 hours: 6-1 6-3 7-5.
Fognini will face Casper Ruud in the second roundwith a score of 7-6 (2) 6-4 6-4 against the Australian Bolt with the eighth seed of the tournament, which from this year follows the ATP ranking and no longer the “surface merits”. To say that Ruud, three-time finalist in the Slams, has never played the third round at Wimbledon and we hope not this year either.
