Wimbledon: Fognini stuns Casper Ruud to reach third round
Fabio Fognini beat Casper Ruud 6-4, 7-5, 6-7 (1), 6-3 and will face the winner of the match between Lorenzo Sonego and Roberto Bautista Agut next
Fognini, Wimbledon, 2024 © Action Plus / Panoramic
Italian Fabio Fognini beat Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 8 seed, 6-4, 7-5, 6-7 (1), 6-3 to advance to the third round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
Fognini, ranked No 94, will play the winner of the match between Italian Lorenzo Sonego and Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut next.
The 37-year-old Italian won against French lucky loser Luca Van Assche (6-1, 6-3, 7-5) ahead of his victory.
In the previous round of The Championships, Ruud, ranked No 8, won against Australian qualifier Alex Bolt (7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-4).
London (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 50.000.000, most recent results first):
- Marcos Giron vs. Alexander Zverev
- Jack Draper vs. Cameron Norrie
- Jacob Fearnley vs. Novak Djokovic
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Alexei Popyrin
- Quentin Halys vs. Karen Khachanov
- Holger Rune vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
- Jaume Munar vs. Alex De Minaur
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Arthur Fils
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Luciano Darderi vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Francisco Comesana vs. Adam Walton
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Gael Monfils
- Lloyd Harris vs. Ben Shelton
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Daniel Altmaier
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Juncheng Shang
- Jannik Sinner vs. Matteo Berrettini
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Tallon Griekspoor: wednesday
- Tommy Paul vs. Otto Virtanen: wednesday
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Roberto Bautista Agut: wednesday
- Arthur Cazaux vs. Alexander Bublik: wednesday
- Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Aleksandar Vukic: 7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-2
- Alexandre Muller vs. Daniil Medvedev: wednesday
- Ugo Humbert (16) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 7-6 (9), 6-1, 6-3
- Brandon Nakashima beat Jordan Thompson: 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
- Frances Tiafoe (29) beat Borna Coric: 7-6 (5), 6-1, 6-3
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