Holger Rune topples Fognini in the 3rd round to clash vs Popyrin at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. HIGHLIGHTS – ROME RESULTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Rune defeats Fognini to take on Alexei Popyrin in the 4th round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Holger Rune vs. Fabio Fognini

Holger Rune overcomes Fabio Fognini 6-4 6-2 in the 3rd round in Rome on Sunday. Rune will engage against Alexei Popyrin in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reach the qualifications in 2022. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Rune
Rome
Rune's Record

Rune added to his prize money € 36,065 after winning this match. He has already won € 84,900 after this win. If he wins the next match, Holger will add € 76,625 to his earnings to get in total € 161,525 in total.

Highlights Holger Rune vs. Fabio Fognini Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Rune
Fognini
Holger Rune
6-4 6-2
1h:16
Fabio Fognini
59
59
Total points
45
45
22
22
Winners
14
14
37%
37%
Ratio Winners
31%
31%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
1
1
3
3
Double Faults
3
3
53%
53%
1st in
55%
55%
79%
79%
1st won
50%
50%
22/28
22/28
1st won
14/28
14/28
52%
52%
2nd won
57%
57%
13/25
13/25
2nd won
13/23
13/23
-- Break Points --
4/8
4/8
Total
1/4
1/4
50%
50%
Won
25%
25%
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At the end of the match, Holger scored 59 points vs. Fabio’s 45.

Rune

The Dane served pretty well to win 79% of the points (22/28) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (13/25) on his second serve. Holger didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (4/8).

Fognini

On the other side, the Italian had a tough time converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Rune and Fognini is 2-0 for Holger.

Draw and next match H2H: Holger Rune vs. Alexei Popyrin – stats

Rune will take on Popyrin in the 4th round.

There is no head to head record between Holger Rune and Alexei Popyrin since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Holger Rune Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Rune won the set after he broke Fabio in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game. Fabio tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Anyhow, Holger stayed solid to win the set 6-4.

One of the most important stints of the set was when Holger won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.

Holger converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Fabio converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 8th game (2-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 65 points. Holger conquered the set after winning 7 points more than the Italian (36-29). The Dane lost 12 points on serve (19-12). In addition, on the other side, Fabio conceded 17 points on serve (17-17).

2nd Set -
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Rune had a great start in this set after breaking Fabio Fognini in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. That break was crucial for Holger to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks.

Rune converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 5th game (4-0 30-40). On the other side, Rune didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 39 points. The Dane conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Fognini (23-16). Holger lost 6 points on serve (16-6). On the other side, Fognini conceded 7 points on serve (10-7).

1st
Rune
Fognini
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
5
2
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Rune
Fognini
6-2
6
2
5
2
5
1
4
1
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
 

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