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Patna : Six-time champion & World No 3 Roger Federer, 38, Switzerland, and World No 100 Tennys Sandgren, 28, USA, marched into the quarter-finals of Australian Open (AO) 2020 on January 26, 2020, both winning their respective 4th round matches in four sets at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Roger Federer, who won the AO title in 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2017, and 201, defeated World No 67 Marton Fucsovics, 27, Hungary, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 in 4th round Rod Laver Arena rallying back strongly from one set down. Federer won 7 break points in the match to 2 by Fucsovics. He also won 7 games in a row to 3 by the Hungarian.
The Swiss fired 5 Aces in the match to 1 by Fucsovics. Third seed Federer’s winning percentage on his first serve ( 75%) was much higher than that of Hungarian (58%). Federer won 69 service points in the match to 49 by the Hungarian. Federer will face World No 100 Tennys Sandgren in QFs on January 28, 2020.
Tennys Sandgren, USA, who had reached QFs at AO in 2018 too, stunned World No 12 Fabio Fognini, 32, Italy, 7-6, 7-5, 6-7, 6-4 in 4th round at Melbourne Arena. The American hammered 21 Aces in the match to 8 by the Italian. Sandgren won 5 break points in the match to 3 by the Italian. Both the players won 5 games each in a row in the match. The American won 94 service points to 85 by Fognini, who was playing 4th round match at Australian Open forvthe third time ( 2014, 2018, 2020) in his career.