BEIJING. Khachanov bests Fognini in the quarter

Karen Khachanov conquers Fabio Fognini 3-6 6-3 6-1 in the quarter in Beijing on Friday. Khachanov will play against Dominic Thiem in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Fognini was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Khachanov in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Yet, there was more to do for Fognini to win the set as the Russian succeeded in breaking back in the 5^th (2-3) game. The Italian kept his cool to break the Russian in the 6^th (4-2) game before managing to win the set (6-3).

2^nd set.

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

3^rd set.

Khachanov conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Fognini in the 1^st game (1-0). Khachanov extended his lead after breaking Fognini in the 5^th (4-1) and in the 7^th (6-1) game before managing to win the set.

Fabio was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-1 to 6-1).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Khachanov scored 76 points vs. the Italian’s 73 points.

Khachanov was effective when converting 71% of the break points that he conquered (5/7). On the other side, Fognini was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 29% of his break points (2/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Khachanov and Fognini is 1-0 for Karen.

Highlights Karen Khachanov vs. Fabio Fognini China Open – Beijing

Next Match: Karen Khachanov vs. Dominic Thiem – stats

Khachanov will face Thiem in the semifinal.

This will be the 3^rd time that Karen Khachanov and Dominic Thiem square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Khachanov and Thiem (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Thiem won 6-2 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Paris back in June 2019.

Tennis Scores in Beijing

• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – John IsnerIsner (7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Fabio FogniniFognini (3-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (7-6³ 6-2) – See score progression
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Andy MurrayMurray (6-2 7-6³) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Dominic ThiemThiem – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (1-1) – See H2H details
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alexander ZverevZverev (2-1) – See H2H details