Ugo Humbert gets the better of Fabio Fognini 7-5 7-64 in the 2nd round in Rome on Thursday. Humbert will engage against Denis Shapovalov in the 3rd round.
Live score progression and stats
Fognini started the set strong after breaking Humbert in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, Humbert refused to bow to come back to break Fabio 4 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (3-3) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Ugo converted 37% of his break points (3/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 6th (2-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40). Moreover, on the other side, Fognini converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40).
They played 71 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the French player won just 3 more points than Fognini (37-34). the French player lost 20 points on serve (19-20). On the other side, Fabio conceded 18 points on serve (14-18).
Ugo won the set after he broke Fognini in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game. The Italian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game. However, Ugo kept the situation under control to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 4.
Humbert failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 15.
Tiebreak
Humbert won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Italian won a minibreak in the 1st (1-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Humbert converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Italian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 5th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40).
They contested 79 points. It’s worth to point out that, Ugo won this set even if he scored less points 3 than Fognini (38-41). Humbert conceded 17 points on serve (23-17). Regarding the other side of the net, the Italian conceded 15 points on serve (24-15).
Humbert will add to his prize money € 23,510 after winning this match. He has won already € 61,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Ugo will add € 14,000 to his earnings to get in total € 75,000 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults and breaks
Humbert won this match even if he conquered the same amount of points of the Italian (75 vs. 75).
Ugo was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured (6/12). On the other side, Fognini didn’t lose the concentration in converting 71% of the break points that he procured points (5/7). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this encounter, the head to head between Humbert and Fognini is 1-0 for Ugo.
Highlights Ugo Humbert vs. Fabio Fognini Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Draw and next match H2H: Ugo Humbert vs. Denis Shapovalov – stats
Humbert will play Shapovalov in the 3rd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Ugo Humbert and Denis Shapovalov play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Humbert and Shapovalov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Humbert won 7-5 6-4 in the quarter in Auckland back in January 2020.
Tennis Scores in Rome
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- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Andrey RublevRublev (7-66 3-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – John MillmanMillman (6-4 7-61) – Stats and score progression
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- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
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- Jannik SinnerSinner – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-1 6-79 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
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Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (0-0) – H2H details and stats
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- Casper RuudRuud – Marin CilicCilic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Rafael NadalNadal (0-2) – H2H details and stats
