Three years after the last time Fabio Fognini returns to win a match a Wimbledon. The Ligurian, in his 14th participation in the Championships, beat the French lucky loser Luca on his debut Van AsscheNo. 104 in the world, with a clear 6-1, 6-3, 7-5 in two hours and four minutes of play. A debut worth framing for Fognini who played a practically perfect match (42 winners on the scoresheet), suffering a small decline only at the end of the third set. Ahead by a break, Fabio lost serve in the eighth game, but did well to react immediately with a new break lead in the eleventh game, which was decisive for the final result. Fognini hadn’t won a match at Wimbledon since June 30, 2021when he beat Serbian Laslo Djere in three sets in the 2nd round. 1097 days have passed since then.
In the 2nd round with Ruud
Fognini will play in the second round against the Norwegian Casper Ruudworld No. 8, who beat Australian Alex Bolt, coming from the qualifiers, in three sets. the balance in the previous matches is 3-0 in favor of Ruud (without ever conceding a partial) who hasn’t faced Fognini since Monte-Carlo 2021.
