Brazilian won the host Federico Coria by 2 sets to 1, 2:12 pm starting; Carioca can appear in 89th place in the ATP ranking in the next update, the best of career as a professional
He showed reaction power this Thursday (13) in his second match at the ATP 250 of Buenos Aires. The young Brazilian made too much mistakes in the first set and had to look for the turn to overcome Argentine Federico Coria by 2 sets to 1, with partials of 2/6, 6/4 and 6/2, in the clay of the Argentine capital. Victory guarantees the Brazilian in the quarterfinals of a tournament for the third time in his career, as he had done on Rio Open and Bucharest, both in 2024. He became the youngest to reach such a phase of the Argentine competition since Frenchman Richard Gasquet, in 2004.
In addition, it can appear in 89th place in the next update, which will be the best position in its trajectory among professionals. In the quarterfinals, the only 18-year-old tennis player will face the winner of the confrontation between Mariano Navone and Danish Holger Rune, former four in the world and current 12th. The match should be played on Friday (14). If he advances the key, Fonseca may have a totally Brazilian duel with, current number 1 in the semifinal. Fonseca has won the spotlight in recent weeks for accumulating a series of 14 consecutive wins between the end of 2024 and the beginning of this year.
In Buenos Aires, with the achievement of two more wins, there are 16 wins in the last 18 matches. Played on the central court of the tournament, this Thursday’s game began with superiority from the home tennis player, who bet on variations to surprise the Brazilian. He avoided the background ball exchanges, Fonseca’s strength, while the Brazilian made more errors than usual. The strategy worked in the first games and boring got the first break of the match and opened 3/01 in the first set. The young tennis player sketched reaction in the fifth game when he returned the break, rebalanced the match.
But the athlete of the house answered following, with new break. Fonseca raised the level of aggressiveness in the blows and also increased the number of unprecedented errors, which reached 19 at the end of the set. The second set began with the Brazilian still tense on the court, missing balls that was easily hitting in the previous game. However, Fonseca sought ways to react and took advantage of a series of failures of the Argentine to impose on the court in the third game: 2/1. Even away from his best days, Fonseca was still betting on strength.
One of his withdrawals reached 222 km/h. Gradually, the Brazilian made adjustments in his strategy, demonstrated some patience and exchanged the beating for more accurate and lower speed blows. The tactic worked and secured the draw in the match. The adjustments were improved in the third set and Fonseca, gradually assumed control of the match. He imposed himself on the Argentine’s withdrawal in the third game and opened 3/1 following. More confident, the Brazilian began to distribute winning balls from all corners of the court. A new break sent the turn after 2:12 am of confrontation.
*With information from Estadão Content
Posted by Matheus Lopes
