Murray overcomes Fognini in third round of singles, Rio Olympics 2016

Murray overcomes Fognini in third round of singles The British World No. 2 is the defending singles gold medalist Second-seeded Andy Murray defeated Italy’s unseeded Fabio Fognini on Centre Court Thursday afternoon, despite some significant difficulties. The British World No. 2 player, now the singles favorite due to World No. 1 Novak Djokovic’s first-round departure, took a decisive 6-1 first set from Fognini. But in the second set, Fognini seemed to gain confidence. He was unafraid to engage in longer ra