After beating the number 9 in the world, the Russian Andrey Rublev, on Tuesday morning (14), the Brazilian João Fonseca back to the courts Australian Open in the next few hours to face the Italian Lorenzo Sonego. The match, which will be played at the 1573 Arena, should start at around 3am this Thursday (16) and will be broadcast on ESPN e Disney+.
It is not possible to set the time for the confrontation, as the game will close the daytime session at local time — there will be three duels before the clash between the South American and the European.
Interestingly, the previous dispute will be between Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia and Russian Erika Andreeva, in the second round of the first Grand Slam of the tennis season.
Confrontation history
currently number 55 in the world rankings. In the first round of the ATP 250 in Bucharest, Romania, in April 2024, the Brazilian won by 2 sets to 0 (7/6 (5) and 7/5).
He then eliminated Radu Albot, from Moldova, and stopped in the quarterfinals after falling to Alejandro Tabilo, from Chile. Hungarian Márton Fucsovics took the title.
Australian Open bracket
Whoever passes the duel between and already knows that they will face the winner of the match between Hungarian Fabian Marozsan and American Frances Tiafoe in the third round.
In the round of 16, one of the four will face whoever advances between Frenchman Corentin Moutet, Americans Mitchell Krueger and Learner Tien and the current number 5 in the world rankings, Russian Daniil Medvedev.
João Fonseca’s great moment
The victory over represents the Brazilian’s 14th consecutive victory. comes from, and in .
Fonseca also had to go through qualifying and eliminated the Argentines and
Where to watch João Fonseca x Lorenzo Sonego
- TV: ESPN
- Streaming: Disney+
Technical sheet of João Fonseca x Lorenzo Sonego
- Data: 15/1/2025
- Time: Around 3am
- Local: 1573 Arena, at Melbourne Park, in Melbourne, Australia
- Round: 2nd round of the Australian Open
