Australian Open: Fognini wins again, Berrettini and Sinner eliminated
2020-01-22T17:40:02.370Z
An exhausting challenge, a long battle: after 4 hours and 9 minutes of play Fabio Fognini does it. The tireless blue tennis player manages to make his own the second round match of the Australian Open and to snatch the pass for the next phase of the tournament by eliminating Jordan Thompson. The first set that Fognini won with a score of 7-6 (4) was immediately hard-fought. The victory of the first partial loads the number 12 to the World which easily closes the second 6-1. In the third, however, the landlord's redemption arrives: the Australian keeps the race alive by shortening with a score of 6-3. Another big tussle with Thompson in the fourth that ticks for 6 games to 4 bringing the match in a draw. We go to the tie-break in the fifth set, here too the fight is tight but then the blue party starts: 7 (10) -6 (4) for Fabio who will now continue in the path of the first Slam of the season with the Argentine challenge Guido Pella in the third round. "I won the first set but I played badly, the second I looked like Federer - said Fognini at the end of the match - I did anything, but this made me think too much. At the beginning of the third I played a stupid game and there I feared that the game would get out of hand because Thompson started making numbers that go beyond his rankings. Then luckily I played a great tiebreaker. " Nothing to do, however, for Matteo Berrettini. A step away from the sensational comeback, the number 8 of the ATP ranking was eliminated with the score of 7-6 (7), 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 7-5 by the American Tennys Sandgren (number 100) after 3 hours and 23 minutes of struggle. "He was good, I did not expect such a high level - admitted the Roman tennis player - I pat myself on the shoulder because despite everything I managed to create a chance. I learned that these defeats will make me worse." The Australian adventure of Jannik Sinner also ends: after landing for the first time in the second round in a Major, the Next Gen champion gave 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 to the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics (n. 67) in just over 2 hours and a quarter of the game. The big names do not disappoint. All easy for Federer. King Roger entered the third round easily passing the Serbian Filip Krajinovic (n.41) with the score 6-1, 6-4, 6-1 in an hour and 32 minutes. The number 3 in the world will now be up against the Australian John Millman (n.47) who got the better of the Hubert Hurkacz Pole (6-4, 7-5, 6-3). Before the Swiss, on Australian concrete, the protagonist was Novak Djokovic. The number 2 in the world beat the Japanese Tatsuma Ito, to whom he left only 7 games, with a score of 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 in just over an hour and a half of play. For Nole, now, another Japanese opponent: Yoshihioto Nishioka, the 24 year old rising star of the tennis of the Rising Sun currently number 71 in the world. Querry, Cilic, Raonic and Tsitsipas also broke away the pass for the next phase, the latter without even taking the field on "day3" due to the abdominal problems of Kohlschreiber that forced the German tennis player to retire. To fully define the scoreboard, an appointment with the other Thursday challenges that will see the number 1 Rafael Nadal on the field against the Argentine Federico Delbonis (at 10.30 Italian time) but even the first appointment with the other Italian left in the race: Andreas Seppi he is expected to face the toughest challenge with the 15th best tennis player in the world, Stan Wawrinka (9.00 am). Even in the women's game board we still have a rider in the running for the third round; it is Camila Giorgi who will be in the presence of the Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova. Meanwhile, Serena Williams passes the session, filing the Tamara Zidansek file in an hour and 19 minutes of play; the number 9 in the WTA ranking made the first set 6-2 and the second 6-3. Mission also accomplished by the one who is currently the best in the world, as well as hostess, Ashleigh Barty who advances after beating the Slovenian Polona Hercog with the score 6-1, 6-4.
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January 22, 2020 An exhausting challenge, a long battle: after 4 hours and 9 minutes of play Fabio Fognini does it. The tireless blue tennis player manages to make his own the second round match of the Australian Open and to snatch the pass for the next phase of the tournament by eliminating Jordan Thompson. The first set that Fognini won with a score of 7-6 (4) was immediately hard-fought. The victory of the first partial loads the number 12 to the World which easily closes the second 6-1. In the third, however, the landlord's redemption arrives: the Australian keeps the race alive by shortening with a score of 6-3. Another big tussle with Thompson in the fourth that ticks for 6 games to 4 bringing the match in a draw. We go to the tie-break in the fifth set, here too the fight is tight but then the blue party starts: 7 (10) -6 (4) for Fabio who will now continue in the path of the first Slam of the season with the Argentine challenge Guido Pella in the third round. "I won the first set but I played badly, the second I looked like Federer - said Fognini at the end of the match - I did anything, but this made me think too much. At the beginning of the third I played a stupid game and there I feared that the game would get out of hand because Thompson started making numbers that go beyond his rankings. Then luckily I played a great tiebreaker. " Nothing to do, however, for Matteo Berrettini . A step away from the sensational comeback, the number 8 of the ATP ranking was eliminated with the score of 7-6 (7), 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 7-5 by the American Tennys Sandgren (number 100) after 3 hours and 23 minutes of struggle. "He was good, I did not expect such a high level - admitted the Roman tennis player - I pat myself on the shoulder because despite everything I managed to create a chance. I learned that these defeats will make me worse." The Australian adventure of Jannik Sinner also ends: after landing for the first time in the second round in a Major, the Next Gen champion gave 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 to the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics (n. 67) in just over 2 hours and a quarter of the game. The big names do not disappoint. All easy for Federer. King Roger entered the third round easily passing the Serbian Filip Krajinovic (n.41) with the score 6-1, 6-4, 6-1 in an hour and 32 minutes. The number 3 in the world will now be up against the Australian John Millman (n.47) who got the better of the Hubert Hurkacz Pole (6-4, 7-5, 6-3). Before the Swiss, on Australian concrete, the protagonist was Novak Djokovic. The number 2 in the world beat the Japanese Tatsuma Ito, to whom he left only 7 games, with a score of 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 in just over an hour and a half of play. For Nole, now, another Japanese opponent: Yoshihioto Nishioka, the 24 year old rising star of the tennis of the Rising Sun currently number 71 in the world. Querry, Cilic, Raonic and Tsitsipas also broke away the pass for the next phase, the latter without even taking the field on "day3" due to the abdominal problems of Kohlschreiber that forced the German tennis player to retire. To fully define the scoreboard, an appointment with the other Thursday challenges that will see the number 1 Rafael Nadal on the field against the Argentine Federico Delbonis (at 10.30 Italian time) but even the first appointment with the other Italian left in the race: Andreas Seppi he is expected to face the toughest challenge with the 15th best tennis player in the world, Stan Wawrinka (9.00 am). Even in the women's game board we still have a rider in the running for the third round; it is Camila Giorgi who will be in the presence of the Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova. Meanwhile, Serena Williams passes the session, filing the Tamara Zidansek file in an hour and 19 minutes of play; the number 9 in the WTA ranking made the first set 6-2 and the second 6-3. Mission also accomplished by the one who is currently the best in the world, as well as hostess, Ashleigh Barty who advances after beating the Slovenian Polona Hercog with the score 6-1, 6-4.
