MELBOURNE RESULTS. Fabio Fognini ousts Pella in the 3rd round of the Australian Open

Fabio Fognini gets the better of Guido Pella 7-6(0) 6-2 6-3 in the 3^rd round in Melbourne on Friday. Fognini will face Tennys Sandgren in the 4^th round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, Fabio won the breaker at 0.

2^nd set.

Fabio in this set was more solid than the Argentine and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking Pella in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 8^th (6-2) game.

Pella was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).

3^rd set.

The Italian won the set after he broke the Argentine 3 times in the 4^th (3-1), in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 8^th (5-3) game. Pella tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (4-3) game. Notwithstanding, Fognini stayed solid before winning the set 6-3.

Statistics

After this match, the head to head between Fognini and Pella is 3-2 for Fabio.

Highlights Fabio Fognini vs. Guido Pella Australian Open – Melbourne

Fognini’s Interview

Next Match H2H: Fabio Fognini vs. Tennys Sandgren – stats

Fognini will come up against Sandgren in the 4^th round.

This will be the 4^th time that Fabio Fognini and Tennys Sandgren clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Fognini (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Sandgren won 6-3 7-6¹² 6-3 in the 3^rd round in London back in 2019.

Tennis Scores in Melbourne

• Milos RaonicRaonic – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-5 6-4 7-6²) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-3 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-7³ 6-4 6-0 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Tommy PaulPaul (6-1 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-2 6-3 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (6-4 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Guido PellaPella (7-6(0) 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Roger FedererFederer – John MillmanMillman (4-6 7-6(2) 6-4 4-6 7-6(8)) – See score progression

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