Marco Cecchinato hustles Fabio Fognini 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Estoril on Wednesday in what was an all-Italian affair. Cecchinato will have to play Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 57 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reach the 2nd round in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Marco added to his prize money € 7,130 after winning this match. He has already won € 17,010 after this win. If he wins the next match, Marco will add € 12,345 to his earnings to get in total € 29,355 in total.
Highlights Marco Cecchinato vs. Fabio Fognini Millennium Estoril Open – Estoril
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Cecchinato scored 88 points vs. Fabio’s 74.
Cecchinato
Cecchinato served pretty well to win 78% of the points (51/65) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 33% points (7/21) on his second serve. Marco struck 11 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Marco was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that he procured (4/6).
Fognini
On the other side, Fognini wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Cecchinato and Fognini is 2-3 for Fabio.
Draw and next match H2H: Marco Cecchinato vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina – stats
Cecchinato will play Davidovich Fokina in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Marco Cecchinato and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Cecchinato conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Fabio Fognini in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for Fabio to win the set as Marco succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (2-4) game.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when Fabio won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
Fabio was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (6-3 30-40). On the other side, Marco was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (1-4 15-40).
They played 65 points. Fabio was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Cecchinato (35-30). Fabio surrendered 5 points on serve (17-5). on the other side of the net, Cecchinato conceded 18 points on serve (25-18).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Marco grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) before eventually winning the set (6-3).
Marco was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 0-40). On the other side, Cecchinato didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 48 points. Marco conquered the set after winning 8 more points than Fognini (28-20). Cecchinato was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). On the losing side, Fognini conceded 12 points on serve (17-12).
Marco won the set after he broke Fognini in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Marco converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Marco didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 49 points. Marco won 11 points more than Fognini (30-19). Marco surrendered 7 points on serve (17-7). on the other side of the court, Fognini conceded 13 points on serve (12-13).
Tennis Scores in Estoril
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Fabio FogniniFognini (4-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Joao SousaSousa (4-6 6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Pedro CachinCachin (6-4 7-62) – Stats and score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
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