Vatutin Out, Fucsovics To Face Coric

Hungarian player Marton Fucsovics edged Russian qualifier Alexey Vatutin in R1 of St. Petersburg Open 2019 winning in straight sets 7/5, 6/1. “It was a very tough start, a late start for me, Alexey was playing unbelievably in the first 6 games in the first set. Then I started to put more balls in, started to serve better, keep my focus on the court and that was key in today’s match,” – said Fucsovics in his on-court interview, explaining why was struggling to find his game in the  first set: “It was tough to get used to the court because I played Davis Cup last weekend in Hungary on clay and here the surface is completely different” (the Hungarians beat the visitors from Ukraine 3-2). Fucsovics will take on the Croat Borna Coric in the next round.