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Fabio Fognini joined Thiem in the second round after notching his third victory in four FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings against Damir Dzumhur. The seventh seed, who has captured three tour-level trophies this year, prevailed 6-4, 6-3 after 71 minutes to notch his 46th victory in 66 matches this season.

Ranking: 13
Bilans meczów: 46-22
Tytuły: 3 (Los Cabos, Bastad, Sao Paulo)
Finały: 1 (Chengdu)
Zarobki: $1,926,978

13. Fabio Fognini

Aged 31, the Italian compiled his best season last year – three titles, 46 wins and a personal year-end best in the ATP Rankings. Fognini seems to have calmed the inner theatre that sometimes derailed his tennis, and if he can make a couple end-of-week finishes at Masters 1000 events, he could squeeze inside the Top 10 in 2019.

Chances of finishing in the...

Top 5: 8%
Top 10: 45%
Top 20: 75%

Second seed Fabio Fognini picked up where he left off on hard courts, beating Germany's Peter Gojowczyk 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(5). Fognini won his maiden hard court title last year in Los Cabos. He will face Philipp Kohlschreiber for a spot in the semi-finals. The German dismissed #NextGenATP Frenchman Ugo Humbert 6-4, 6-4.

Italy's Fabio Fognini advanced courtesy of another first-round retirement. Spain's Jaume Munar, who reached the semi-finals of the 2018 Next Gen ATP Finals, retired down 6-7(3), 6-7(7), 1-3.

Fognini, who won his first hard-court tour-level title last year in Los Cabos, hit 40 winners and saved eight of 10 break points against the 21-year-old Munar. Fognini will next play Argentina's Leonardo Mayer, who beat Chile's Nicolas Jarry 7-6(4), 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-3.

Banner Year: World No. 15 Fognini posted a career year in 2018. Fognini set career-highs in 2018 with three titles, 46 wins, and a year-end ranking of No. 13. The Italian earned his 300th win overall on home soil at Rome. Fognini picked up his first title of last year during the Golden Swing, in Sao Paulo. Also, his third title of the year, at Los Cabos, was the first of his 8 titles to be won off of clay.

Fog Rolling In: Fabio Fognini is the No. 2 seed this week, but the Italian No. 1 has had mixed results in Buenos Aires. Fognini reached the Argentina Open final in 2014, acquitting himself well that week before falling to Buenos Aires stalwart David Ferrer in the title match. But in his four consecutive appearances following that result, Fognini has failed to win a match.

Fog Rolling In: No. 2 seed Fognini has had a slow start to the Golden Swing, as the World No. 16 lost his opening-round matches at Cordoba and Buenos Aires to Aljaz Bedene and Jaume Munar, respectively. But the top-ranked Italian has had some of his finest results at Rio, notably defeating Rafael Nadal in the 2015 semi-finals en route to his career-best finalist showing at the tournament.

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic suffered a stunning defeat against Philipp Kohlschreiber on Tuesday in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open. But shortly thereafter, the Serbian returned to the court alongside Fabio Fognini, defeating 2015 Nitto ATP Finals champions Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau 7-6(6), 2-6, 10-6.
"I had to get over it in an hour, because I played doubles," said Djokovic, cracking a smile. "I must admit I was thinking about it. When I hit a good return, I was wondering why this didn't happen in singles. But it is, I guess, part of the world that we are in, the world of tennis. It's part of our world, and we just have to bounce back very quickly. And in this case, it's good for me that I'm participating in doubles here, because I get a chance to rectify the wrongs.
"[It's] not easy mentally to refresh your mindset and concentration and get the right intensity on the court so quickly after disappointing loss in singles. But it's not the first time. I have done it in the past. I'm happy that we managed to pull that one through. We beat a very experienced doubles team."

Djokovic and Fognini are the first team into the semi-finals in the California desert, triumphing after one hour and 36 minutes. The Serbian-Italian team nearly let slip a 6/1 lead in the Match Tie-break, but moved through nonetheless. This is Djokovic's first trip to the last four of an ATP Masters 1000 event in doubles since partnering Janko Tipsarevic to the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup in 2015. That year, Fognini teamed with Simone Bolelli to win the Australian Open.
"I love playing doubles. I don't play often. I play few times a year. So these are the rare occasions where I could potentially do well," Djokovic said. "I've got a Grand Slam champion on my side of the net, someone that has great hands in doubles."