JOAO SOUSA FIGHTS PAST FABIO FOGNINI IN UMAG

Written by: on 24th July 2015
unnamed-203
JOAO SOUSA FIGHTS PAST FABIO FOGNINI IN UMAG

Joao Sousa of Portugal returns to Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil during their final match at the Geneva Open tennis tournament in Geneva, Switzerland, 23 May 2015. EPA/MARTIAL TREZZINI  |

Joao Sousa needed two hours and four minutes to eliminate fifth seed Fabio Fognini 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(6) at the Konzum Croatia Open Umag on Friday. The World No. 51 took out the 32nd-ranked player on the Emirates ATP Rankings after saving a match point at 6-5 in the final set tie-break.

 

Sousa made a quick start, breaking Fognini twice to open the first set before closing it out 6-2 on his third set point. Fognini tidied up his serving in set number two, not conceding a break point and going one-for-one on break chances of his own to force a deciding set. In the third set, the players traded early breaks before matters needed to be decided in a tie-break.

Fabio Fognini. Photo by @croatiaopenumag via Instagram.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the next round, Sousa could face local favourite and seventh seed Borna Coric, or second-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut.

 

( Courtesy of the ATP and Original Link – http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/umag-2015-friday-sousa )

 

Roberto Bautista Agut. Photo by @croatiaopenumag via Instagram.

 

 

Borna Coric. Photo by @croatiaopenumag via Instagram.

 

Topics: , , , , , , ,








10sBalls Top Stories

In Case You Missed It

EUGENIE BOUCHARD NAMED 2018 TENNIS CANADA FEMALE PLAYER OF THE YEAR / EUGENIE BOUCHARD NOMMÉE JOUEUSE DE L’ANNÉE 2018 DE TENNIS CANADA thumbnail

EUGENIE BOUCHARD NAMED 2018 TENNIS CANADA FEMALE PLAYER OF THE YEAR / EUGENIE BOUCHARD NOMMÉE JOUEUSE DE L’ANNÉE 2018 DE TENNIS CANADA

Tennis Canada announced on Wednesday that Eugenie Bouchard is the winner of the 2018 Excellence Awards in the Female Player of the Year and Singles Player of the Year categories.
TENNIS NEWS • CALIFORNIA CHAMPIONSHIPS • TOMMY HAAS, TAYLOR FRITZ, STEVE JOHNSON, MARDY FISH AND MORE thumbnail

TENNIS NEWS • CALIFORNIA CHAMPIONSHIPS • TOMMY HAAS, TAYLOR FRITZ, STEVE JOHNSON, MARDY FISH AND MORE

Time to get tickets to watch! Surly you have heard about The Largest Open Tennis Event in America!
TENNIS NEWS • RAFA NADAL CONFIRMS RETURN TO PRACTICE, EYES ABU DHABI EXHIBITION AND AUSTRALIAN SUMMER thumbnail

TENNIS NEWS • RAFA NADAL CONFIRMS RETURN TO PRACTICE, EYES ABU DHABI EXHIBITION AND AUSTRALIAN SUMMER

According to Uncle Toni, Rafael Nadal was supposed to be back at practice on either Dec. 4 or 5. Well, better late than never!
Conchita Martínez prepara la temporada 2019 de Karolina Pliskova en Tenerife thumbnail

Conchita Martínez prepara la temporada 2019 de Karolina Pliskova en Tenerife

Española y checa ya trabajaron juntas durante el pasado Open de Estados Unidos
ALEJANDRO’S FAVORITE PHOTOS FOR 10SBALLS FROM SOME OF THIS YEAR’S TOURNAMENTS thumbnail

ALEJANDRO’S FAVORITE PHOTOS FOR 10SBALLS FROM SOME OF THIS YEAR’S TOURNAMENTS

Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia hits a forehand to Kaia Kanepi of Estonia during her second round match at the Nature Valley International tennis tournament in Eastbourne, Great Britain, on Tuesday, June 26, 2018.