BEIJING. Fabio Fognini hustles Rublev in the 2nd round of the China Open

Fabio Fognini hustles Andrey Rublev 6-3 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Beijing on Wednesday. Fognini is going to play against Karen Khachanov in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Fabio conquered in the 6^th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).

2^nd set.

Fognini had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Rublev in the 1^st game (1-0). Nonetheless, there was more work to do for the Italian to win the set as Rublev found the way to break back in the 6^th (3-3) and in the 8^th (4-4) game. Fognini kept his cool to break Andrey in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Fognini scored 64 points vs. the Russian’s 52 points.

Fabio was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that he procured (4/6). On the other side, Andrey wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 17% of his break points (2/12). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Fognini and Rublev is 5-1 for Fabio.

Next Match: Fabio Fognini vs. Karen Khachanov – stats

Fognini will come up against Khachanov in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Fabio Fognini and Karen Khachanov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Beijing

• John IsnerIsner – Daniel EvansEvans (7-6³ 7-5) – See score progression
• Andy MurrayMurray – Cameron NorrieNorrie (7-6⁶ 6-7⁴ 6-1) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Andrey RublevRublev (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Jeremy ChardyChardy (7-6⁰ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (7-6(2) 6-7(6) 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (1-2) – See H2H details
• John IsnerIsner – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (2-0) – See H2H details
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Andy MurrayMurray (1-2) – See H2H details
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Fabio FogniniFognini (0-0) – See H2H details
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-1) – See H2H details