Fabio Fognini victorious over Oscar Otte 7-5 6-4 in the quarter in Belgrade on Friday. Fognini will fight against Andrey Rublev in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 44 minutes.
Fognini added to his prize money € 11,725 after conquering this match. He has won already € 27,885 as of now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Fognini will add € 19,545 to his earnings to get in total € 47,430.
Highlights Fabio Fognini vs. Oscar Otte Serbia Open – Belgrade
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:44
At the end of the match, Fabio scored 83 points vs. Oscar’s 74.
Fognini
Fabio won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.
Otte
On the other side, Oscar was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (2/4). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Fognini and Otte is 1-0 for Fabio.
Draw and next match H2H: Fabio Fognini vs. Andrey Rublev – stats
Fognini will face Rublev in the semifinal.
This will be the 10th time that Fabio Fognini and Andrey Rublev play each other. The head to head is 5-4 for Fognini (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Fognini won 7-68 6-2 6-2 in the Rubber 2 in 4 back in 2015.
Live score progression and stats
Fognini was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Oscar Otte in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Yet, Fabio managed to stage a great comeback to break Oscar in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
The German was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-5 to 7-5.
Fabio converted 22% of his break points (2/9). He had 9 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (1-3 40-A), the 9th (3-5 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Oscar was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (3-1 40-A).
They played 97 points. Fabio conquered the set after winning 7 points more than the German (52-45). Fognini dropped 11 points on serve (24-11). On the other side, Oscar conceded 28 points on serve (34-28).
Fognini conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Oscar Otte in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, there was more work to do for Fognini to win the set because Oscar found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. Fabio kept his cool to break Otte in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).
Fabio was flawless in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 7th game (3-3 40-A). On the other side, Otte converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 60 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Fabio won just 2 points more than Oscar (31-29). The Italian surrendered 13 points on serve (20-13). In addition, on the other side, Otte conceded 11 points on serve (16-11).
Tennis Scores in Belgrade
- Andrey RublevRublev – Taro DanielDaniel (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Oscar OtteOtte (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (4-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Andrey RublevRublev (5-4) – H2H details and stats
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (5-1) – H2H details and stats
