Tennys Sandgren upsets Fognini in the 3rd round of Wimbledon

Tennys Sandgren shocks Fabio Fognini 6-3 7-6¹² 6-3 in the 3^rd round in London on Saturday. Sandgren will square off with Querrey.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Sandgren enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Fognini in the 2^nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for the American to win the set since the Italian managed to break back in the 3^rd (1-2) game. The American maintained his cool to break Fabio in the 8^th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

2^nd set.

Sandgren won the set after he broke Fabio in the 11^th (6-5) game. Fognini tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 12^th (6-6) game. Anyhow, Sandgren didn’t lose the lead before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 12.

The American failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 30.

3^rd set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Sandgren conquered in the 6^th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).

At the end of the match, Sandgren scored 123 points vs. the Italian’s 103 points.

Tennys blasted 13 aces and he committed 3 double faults. The American was struggling in converting his break points as he converted only 40% (4/10).

On the other side, the Italian was struggling in finding the solution in converting his break points because he converted only 29% of his break points (2/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Sandgren and Fognini is 1-2 for Fabio.

Tennys Sandgren vs. Sam Querrey – H2H and stats

Sandgren will play Querrey in the 4^th round.

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