Fabio Fognini surprises Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4 6-4 6-3 in the 1^st round in Paris on Monday. Fognini will clash against Jason Murray Kubler in the 2^nd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 17 minutes. His best result in this competition was reaching the 4^th round in 2011, 2018 and 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.

Fognini added to his prize money € 28,000 after conquering this match. He has already won € 97,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Italian will add € 45,000 to his earnings to get in total € 142,000 in total.

Highlights Fabio Fognini vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime French Open – Paris

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBv3ARwgLvI

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, the Italian scored 95 points vs. Auger-Aliassime’s 75.

Fognini

Fabio was pretty focused in converting 89% of the break points that he procured (8/9).

Auger-Aliassime

On the other side, Auger-Aliassime was battling in converting his break points (only 44% – 4/9). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Fognini and Auger-Aliassime is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Fabio Fognini vs. Jason Murray Kubler – stats

Fognini will face Murray Kubler in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Fabio Fognini and Jason Murray Kubler since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

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Live score progression and stats

Fabio won the set after he broke the Canadian in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 5^th (4-1) game. Auger-Aliassime tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (4-2) game. Anyhow, the Italian didn’t make any concession anymore to conquer the set 6-4.

An important stage of this set was when Fabio won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set so as to bring the game count from 0-1 to 4-1.

Fognini converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 15-40) and the 5^th game (3-1 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Canadian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 5^th (1-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8^th game (3-4 30-40).

They contested 57 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Fognini won just 3 more points than Auger-Aliassime (30-27). Fognini surrendered 12 points on serve (20-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Auger-Aliassime conceded 10 points on serve (15-10).

Fognini had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Felix Auger-Aliassime in the 2^nd game (2-0). Yet, the Italian refused to bow to find the way to come back to break the Canadian 3 times in the 3^rd (1-2), in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Fognini won 4 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 0-2 to 4-2.

Fognini was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3^rd (1-2 30-40), the 5^th (2-2 30-40) and the 9^th game (4-4 0-40). On the other side, Auger-Aliassime converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had his opportunities in the 2^nd (2-1 15-40), the 6^th (2-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8^th game (3-4 30-40).

They contested 63 points. The Italian conquered the set after winning 7 more points than the Canadian (35-28). Fabio dropped 15 points on serve (18-15). on the other side of the net, Auger-Aliassime conceded 17 points on serve (13-17).