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7/29/09 5:49 AM | Ricky Dimon
Four Italians reached the Umag second round on Tuesday. Among the winners were Simone Bolelli, Fabio Fognini, and Andreas Seppi.
Simone Bolelli d. (Q) Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 7-6(7), 3-6, 6-0
Bolelli needed two hours and 34 minutes to get past Ramirez Hidalgo and book his place in the second round of the Studena Croatia Open on Monday. Most of the time was spent in an entertaining first set, which ended in a tiebreaker after the two players exchanged one break of serve each. Bolelli took the decider nine points to seven, but gave the momentum away by getting broken twice in set two. Ramirez Hidalgo, who is ranked 101st and qualified to get into the Umag main draw, broke to end the second set but starting the third with serve did him no good. The 31-year-old Spaniard did not win a single game during the final set, in part because he served at just 45 percent. Next up for Bolelli is fellow Italian Fabio Fognini.
Fabio Fognini d. (8) Mischa Zverev 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
Fognini pulled off a minor upset over the eighth-seeded Zverev after one hour and 53 minutes. In the beginning, however, things did not look good for the Italian. He surrendered serve twice in the first set and could not get any of the breaks back. But set two was much different, as Fognini especially cleaned up his act on serve. He put in 83 percent of his first deliveries, won 18 of 19 first-serve points, and never faced a single break point. Fognini dropped served one more time in the final set, but Zverev's own helplessness on serve proved to be even more costly. The 46th-ranked German won only four of 13 second-serve points in the third set, and a clutch service hold by Fognini at 5-4 put the world No. 71 into round two.
(7) Andreas Seppi d. (Q) Juan Ignacio Chela 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
Seppi also needed three sets to advance on Tuesday, as he ousted Chela in two hours and eight minutes. Umag's No. 7 seed broke serve twice in the first set, including at 5-4 to close it out in style. Seppi's serve, however, let him down throughout the second frame of play and he was unable to stay with Chela because he squandered all four of his break-point opportunities. In the final set it was Chela's turn to throw the momentum away by breaking down on serve. The 29-year-old Argentine, who qualified for the main draw, put it only 43 percent of his first deliveries and won less than half of his second-serve points. One break was enough for Seppi, who won 14 of his last 16 first-serve points and never faced a break point in the third set. The 43rd-ranked Italian will meet Frederico Gil for a place in the quarterfinals.
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