JOAO SOUSA FIGHTS PAST FABIO FOGNINI IN UMAG

Written by: Staff on 24th July 2015

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: Atp World Tour, Borna Coric, Croatia Open Umag, Fabio Fognini, Joao Sousa, Roberto Bautista Agut, sports news, Tennis

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