Fabio Fognini downs Alexei Popyrin 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in Basel on Tuesday. Fognini will clash against Laslo Djere or Filip Krajinovic in the 2nd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The Italian in this set played at a much higher level than Alexei and consequentely he won 6-2 after breaking Popyrin in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
The Australian lost the 3rd game (2-1) when he had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0.
2nd set.
Fabio won the set after he broke Popyrin in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (5-4) game. The Australian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Notwithstanding, Fognini didn’t make any concession anymore before winning the set 6-4.
Statistics
At the end of the match, the Italian scored 68 points vs. Popyrin’s 52 points.
Fabio won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 44% (4/9). On the other side, Popyrin was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Fognini and Popyrin is 1-0 for Fabio.
Highlights Fabio Fognini vs. Alexei Popyrin Swiss Indoors Basel – Basel
Next Match: Fabio Fognini vs. Laslo Djere or Filip Krajinovic – stats
Fognini will fight against either Laslo Djere or Filip Krajinovic in the 2nd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Laslo Djere and 0-1 vs. Filip Krajinovic.
There is no head to head record between Fabio Fognini and Laslo Djere since this will be the first time that they will square off at pro level.
Tennis Scores in Basel
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Alexander ZverevZverev (7-67 6-4) – See score progression
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Dusan LajovicLajovic (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Marius CopilCopil (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Christian GarinGarin (7-65 7-610) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-3 7-66) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Hugo DellienDellien (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Roger FedererFederer – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Benoit PairePaire (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Roger FedererFederer – Radu AlbotAlbot (1-0) – See H2H details
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (2-4) – See H2H details
- Pablo CuevasCuevas – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (1-0) – See H2H details
- Richard BerankisBerankis – Pablo AndujarAndujar (0-0) – See H2H details
- David GoffinGoffin – Marin CilicCilic (3-3) – See H2H details
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (0-0) – See H2H details
- Laslo DjereDjere – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (0-2) – See H2H details
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Daniel EvansEvans (0-1) – See H2H details
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (2-0) – See H2H details