SHANGHAI. Fognini dispatches Khachanov in the 3rd round

Fabio Fognini downs Karen Khachanov 6-3 7-5 in the 3^rd round in Shanghai on Thursday. Fognini will face Daniil Medvedev in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Fabio conquered in the 4^th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).

2^nd set.

Khachanov conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Fognini in the 2^nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, Fognini managed to stage a good comeback to break Khachanov in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 11^th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Fabio scored 84 points vs. Khachanov’s 74 points.

Fognini won this match even if he had a tough time in converting his break points since he converted only 25% (3/12). On the other side, Karen was struggling in converting his break points as he converted only 13% of his break points (1/8). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

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

Next Match: Fabio Fognini vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats

Fognini will play Medvedev in the quarter.

This will be the 3^rd time that Fabio Fognini and Daniil Medvedev clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Fognini and Medvedev (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Medvedev won 2-6 6-4 6-1 in the semifinal in Sydney back in 2018.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Alexander ZverevZverev – Andrey RublevRublev (6-0 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – John IsnerIsner (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Roger FedererFederer – David GoffinGoffin (7-6⁷ 6-4) – See score progression
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Vasek PospisilPospisil (7-6⁷ 7-5) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (7-5 3-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-1) – See H2H details
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Fabio FogniniFognini (1-1) – See H2H details
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Roger FedererFederer (3-3) – See H2H details
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Dominic ThiemThiem (0-1) – See H2H details