Fabio Fognini shocks Thiago Seyboth Wild 7-6(3) 7-6(9) in the 1st round in Metz on Tuesday. Fognini will clash against Alexander Bublik in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 7 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reach the qualifications in 2008. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Fognini added to his prize money € 3,845 after winning this match. He has already won € 9,880 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Italian will add € 7,130 to his earnings to get in total € 17,010 in total.
Highlights Fabio Fognini vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild Moselle Open – Metz
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Fabio scored 94 points vs. the Brazilian’s 90.
Fognini
The Italian served extremely well to win 83% of the points (39/47) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 46% points (24/52) on his second serve. Fabio was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (2/4).
Seyboth Wild
On the other side, Seyboth Wild was struggling when converting his break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Fognini and Seyboth Wild is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Fabio Fognini vs. Alexander Bublik – stats
Fognini will come up against Bublik in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Fabio Fognini and Alexander Bublik since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Fognini won the set after he broke Seyboth Wild .
Fabio wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 14th game (7-5 40-A). On the other side, the Brazilian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 3rd game (1-1 40-A).
They played 95 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Italian won this set even if he scored less points 3 than the Brazilian (46-49). Fabio surrendered 15 points on serve (29-15). In addition, on the other side, the Brazilian conceded 17 points on serve (34-17).
The Italian won the set after he broke Seyboth Wild in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Thiago tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Nonetheless, Fognini didn’t make any concession anymore to ultimately clinch the set at the following breaker at 9.
Tiebreak
Fognini won 6 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 9th (5-4), 13th (7-6), 16th (8-8) and 20th (11-9) point. On the other side, Seyboth Wild won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (3-3), 10th (5-5), 14th (7-7) and 15th (8-7) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 8-9, 9-9, 10-9, 11-9
Fognini converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-3 40-A). The Italian saved 2 set points when he was 7-8 and 8-9 down. Moreover, on the other side, Seyboth Wild converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had his opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 91 points. Fabio was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Thiago (48-43). Fabio lost 22 points on serve (31-22). on the other side of the net, the Brazilian conceded 17 points on serve (21-17).
Tennis Scores in Metz
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (7-63 7-69) – Stats and score progression
- Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Hugo GastonGaston (7-65 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Mate ValkuszValkusz – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (3-6 6-3 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Calvin HemeryHemery (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Mathias BourgueBourgue (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-0 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Marcos GironGiron (2-6 6-3 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Harold MayotMayot – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (6-4 1-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Matteo MartineauMartineau (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (7-65 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Arthur CazauxCazaux (7-67 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander BublikBublik – Fabio FogniniFognini (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Harold MayotMayot (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Mate ValkuszValkusz – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H details and stats