Fabio Fognini (Ita) vs. Karen Khachanov (Rus) – Score prediction (10.10.2019)

Overview.

In an action-filled second-round match involving a lot of spicy moments, Fabio Fognini defeated the former world #1 Andy Murray in just over three hours to secure his progression into the next round. Fognini twice trailed the deciding set by a break but fought back to snatch the win, 7-6 2-6 7-6. World #12 Fabio Fognini, who skipped Shanghai Masters in 2018, had played two round of 16 matches in this tournament and lost both of those matches against Rafael Nadal in 2017 and Novak Djokovic in 2013.
Fabio Fognini won the biggest title of his career in a Masters 1000 event in Monte Carlo earlier this season, where he defeated the likes of Alexander Zverev and Rafael Nadal in straight sets. This result played a significant role in helping the Italian make his top 10 debut.After failing in the first and second round of his previous two main draw campaigns in Shanghai Masters in 2017 and 2018, Karen Khachanov registered his best result in this tournament by defeating Taylor Fritz in the second round of this edition.

Karen Khachanov, who won the maiden ATP Tour title of his career in the Asian swing in Chengdu two years ago, is now a win away from making his second consecutive quarterfinal appearance in Asia — semifinalist in Beijing last week. Despite making only two semifinal appearances on the main tour so far in 2019, Karen Khachanov made his top 10 debut a few weeks ago. However, performance in the upcoming weeks will have a significant impact on the Russian’s ranking as he delivered impressive results in the final few weeks of 2018 by winning the title in Moscow and lifting the biggest title of his career in Paris Masters.The pair met for the first time in the quarterfinal of ATP Beijing last week, where Karen Khachanov prevailed in three sets. Expect this to be yet another close contest and a lot depends on the Italian’s performance and motivation levels.

Match Info.

Competition: ATP – SINGLES: Shanghai (China), hard – 1/8-finals.
Start: 10.10.2019, 4:30 UTC.