Fognini Opens Umag Title Defence

Third seed and defending champion Fabio Fognini recorded his 20th match win of the season at the Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag on Thursday when he booked his place in the quarter-finals with a 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 win over Nicolas Kicker in one hour and 49 minutes. The Italian will next face #NextGenATP Russian Andrey Rublev, who topped Andrej Martin 7-6(5), 7-5, breaking on four of his seven opportunities to win in one hour and 56 minutes.

Second seed and two-time former semi-finalist Gael Monfils meets Rogerio Dutra Silva later today.

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In doubles, third seeds Guillermo Duran and Andres Molteni defeated Marc Polmans and Gilles Simon 6-3, 6-4 to reach the semi-finals.