Fognini cruises past Pella to advance to Australian Open 4th round

Fabio Fognini despite tiredness managed to overcome Guido Pella and advance to the 4th round of the Australian Open

After a 5-set dramatic thriller against Jordan Thompson, Fabio Fognini had a much easier going against Guido Pella. It was much needed because the previous match took a toll on the Italian. Despite that, he played rather well today so let's recap it a bit closer.

The first set was a close one as neither of the two players managed to jump ahead and we ended up in a tiebreak. In it though, the Italian was stellar. He won 7 points in a row and won it 7-0. He continued his great play from the tiebreak and won the next set 6-2. It seemed that the slow start was behind him.

He opened the 3rd set a bit slower. Tiredness began to catch up with him but still, he managed to break his opponents serve one more time. From then, the player's traded several breaks but Fognini came out on top and won the last set 6-3.

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