Rune is superior to Rome’s momentum with Fognini

Holger Rune set course for the round of 16 at the ATP Masters 1000 in Rome by defeating Fabio Fognini 6-4, 6-2 in one hour and 16 minutes.

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The day of Sunday arrived to have to face the duel of one of the most beloved tennis players as Fabio Fognini that this time he could not compete on center court. However, the public was devoted to supporting him from the entrance to the field to face one of the favorites such as Holger Rune.

Rune controls the appointment

The transalpine was the one who started serving the stake with the stands supporting him at all times. The Dane, even so, got a break in which he harmed a Fabio who in the next game, a ball that the chair umpire considered bad, the Italian claimed that it was good and that did not contribute anything to him to continue involved in the duel . He was going to give up his turn to serve again so that Rune would go to 1-5.

Fognini was able to be encouraged by the spectators and started getting back into the game. The Danish player also made some unforced errors and Fabio came crashing down. He achieved the break with the public getting fully involved but Rune was not going to forgive and he would take that first set. In not long he was going to be able to put the duel in his favor. It was difficult for the transalpine to enter that second set, showing himself to be very irregular. Above all they were failures and the positive inertia with which Holger already found himself was going to put him two breaks ahead and in terms of sensations light years away.

The seventh seed in the draw was not going to give Fabio options. He had two 30-30s that the fans wanted to get into more, but it was not possible. Rune managed to handle the difference and eliminated Fognini at the ATP Masters 1000 in Rome.