MOSCOW. Gerasimov ousts Fabbiano in the 1st round

Egor Gerasimov defeats Thomas Fabbiano 6-3 6-4 in the 1^st round in Moscow on Wednesday. Gerasimov will play against Andrey Rublev in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The Belarussian clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5^th (2-3) game, Egor broke back in the 6^th (3-3) and in the 8^th (5-3) game before winning the set 6-3.

Fabbiano had no answers in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-3 to 6-3).

2^nd set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Belarussian conquered in the 5^th game (3-2) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Egor scored 73 points vs. Thomas’s 52 points.

The Belarussian served very well to win 78% of the points (32/41) behind his first serve, and he won 67% points (6/9) on his second serve. Egor fired 11 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Gerasimov won this match even if he was struggling in finding the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 30% (3/10). On the other side, Thomas was effective in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Gerasimov and Fabbiano is 1-0 for Egor.

Next Match: Egor Gerasimov vs. Andrey Rublev – stats

Gerasimov will play Rublev in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Egor Gerasimov and Andrey Rublev play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gerasimov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.

The last time that they squared off, Gerasimov won 6-2 6-3 in the qualifications in Moscow back in 2013.

Tennis Scores in Moscow

• Alen AvidzbaAvidzba – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-1 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Thomas FabbianoFabbiano (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Artem DubrivnyyDubrivnyy (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Alexander BublikBublik (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Jeremy ChardyChardy – Nicolas JarryJarry (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-3 7-6³) – See score progression
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Ivo KarlovicKarlovic – Aljaz BedeneBedene (6-4 6-7⁵ 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Richard BerankisBerankis (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Andreas SeppiSeppi – Christian GarinGarin (3-6 7-6² 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (7-6² 6-0) – See score progression
• Lukas RosolRosol – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (6-7⁴ 7-6⁷ 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Andreas SeppiSeppi – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – See H2H details
• Marin CilicCilic – Ivo KarlovicKarlovic (3-3) – See H2H details
• Jeremy ChardyChardy – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (0-0) – See H2H details
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-2) – See H2H details
• Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Andrey RublevRublev (1-0) – See H2H details
• Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Alen AvidzbaAvidzba (0-0) – See H2H details