Roger Federer prevails over Fucsovics in the AO 4th round. Sandgren next. PREDICTION

Roger Federer downs Marton Fucsovics 4-6 6-1 6-2 6-2 in the 4^th round in Melbourne on Sunday. Federer will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Tennys Sandgren in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Fucsovics conquered in the 7^th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

Federer started the set strong after breaking Fucsovics in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Federer extended his lead after breaking Fucsovics in the 6^th (5-1) game before managing to win the set (6-1).

3^rd set.

Federer started the set in the best possible way after breaking Fucsovics in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Federer to win the set as Fucsovics managed to break back in the 6^th (2-4) game. Roger maintained his cool to break the Hungarian in the 7^th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the match was when the Swiss won 4 consecutive games in the 3^rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

4^th set.

Federer started the set strong after breaking Fucsovics in the 1^st game (1-0). The Swiss improved his lead after breaking Marton in the 7^th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Roger scored 109 points vs. Marton’s 83 points.

Federer served very well to win 76% of the points (48/63) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (21/40) on his second serve. Federer was pretty good in converting 58% of the break points that he conquered (7/12). On the other side, Marton was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 22% – 2/9). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Federer and Fucsovics is 3-0 for Roger.

Highlights Roger Federer vs. Marton Fucsovics Australian Open – Melbourne

Federer’s Interview

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

Federer will face Sandgren in the quarter.

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

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Fabio FogniniFognini (7-6⁵ 7-5 6-7² 6-4) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-3 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Roger FedererFederer – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 6-1 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Marin CilicCilic (6-4 6-3 7-5) – See score progression

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