Tennys Sandgren shocks Fognini in the 4th round. Federer Next. PREDICTION

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE RESULTS. Sandgren surprises Fognini to fight against Roger Federer in the quarter

Prediction and head to head Tennys Sandgren vs. Fabio Fognini

Tennys Sandgren stuns Fabio Fognini 7-65 7-5 6-72 6-4 in the 4th round in Melbourne on Sunday. Sandgren will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Roger Federer in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, the American won the tiebreak at 5.

2nd set.

Sandgren got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Fognini in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. However, there was more to do for Sandgren to win the set because Fabio managed to break back in the 6th (2-4) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Sandgren kept his cool to break the Italian in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

The American won 0 consecutive points in this set from 15-0 1-0 to .

A defining moment of this contest was when Tennys won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

However also Fabio won 5 consecutive games from 0-4 to 5-4

3rd set.

Fognini conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Fabio broke back in the 4th (2-2) game before winning the set at the following breaker at 2.

4th set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the American conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Tennys scored 140 points vs. Fabio’s 133 points.

The American blasted 21 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Sandgren was fantastic in converting all the break points (5/5). On the other side, Fognini was battling in converting his break points (only 38%3/8). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Sandgren and Fognini is 2-2.

Highlights Tennys Sandgren vs. Fabio Fognini Australian Open – Melbourne

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Next Match H2H: Tennys Sandgren vs. Roger Federer – stats

Sandgren will square off with Federer in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Tennys Sandgren and Roger Federer since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

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