Brazilian rival in the title dispute will be Argentine Francisco Cerundolo; match happens this Sunday (16) at 16h
ATP 250 advanced on Saturday (15), the Serbian Laslo Djere, 112º of the ranking, 2-1, partial 7/6 (7/3), 5/7 and 6/1 in a match that lasted 2h36. The 18 -year -old Brazilian, who reaches his first ATP final, classified the feat as “very special”. “Today was very difficult against a very good player,” said the Brazilian, in the post-game interview still on the court. “Today it was with my heart, it was in pain. It was very special, ”added the world’s 99th, who wasted a match point on the second set and needed the physiotherapist’s care in the decisive partial. The Brazilian rival in the title dispute will be the Argentine Francisco Cerundolo.
Fonseca’s classification made him go up in the ranking and, on Monday (16), he will be the best-placed Brazilian tennis player on the list of the Association of Professional Tennismen (ATP). Currently, he is the second in the country, behind Thiago Wild. This Sunday, he tries to take another brand from Wild: the youngest Brazilian to win a title of this size. Wild was champion at 19, and Fonseca has 18. Fonseca was already the first tennis player born in 2006 to reach an ATP tournament semifinal. With the victory on Saturday, he enters the top 10 of the youngest to decide a title, with 18 years, 5 months and 26 days. He takes the Swiss Roger Federer from the list, runner-up in Marseille, in 2000, at 18 and 6 months.
The tennis player now tries to become the first Brazilian to win an event of this size of 18 years. The youngest player in the country to be champion in professionalism (from 1968) was Thiago Wild, who led the title of Santiago at 19 in 2020. Fonseca is the sixth Brazilian to play the decision of Buenos Aires, and the last to Winning the title was Guga in 2001. Since December, the Brazilian has been added six wins and a defeat against the top 50 of the ranking. In his last 21 matches on the circuit, he won 18. In the last list of 2023, Fonseca was just 727th place.
The game
Champion of Rio Open 2019, Djere was the first non -Argentine Fonseca faced in Buenos Aires. Before beating the Serb, the Brazilian passed through Tomás Etcheverry, Federico Coria and Mariano Navone. Djere was once the 27th in the world, but as he is currently under the ranking, he had to play the qualifying, made six matches in the Argentine capital and eliminated Wild in the quarterfinals. The first semifinal set was balanced and did not have broken withdrawals despite opportunities on both sides (six for the Brazilian and two for Djere). At Tie Break, the Serb marked the first point, but then saw six in the opponent’s sequence. Djere even tried to sketch a reaction, saving two set points, but it was not enough. The Brazilian closed on 7/3 doing 1 Sep 0.
The game continued without breakage until the eighth game, when the Brazilian took advantage of the second break point that in the second partial and scored 5-3. In the next game, however, when Fonseca pulled to confirm the triumph, Djere managed to return the break and returned to The game. In the tenth game, in the service of rival, Fonseca wasted a match point. In addition to being unable to confirm the final passage, the Brazilian was surprised in the next game and was broken. With an advantage on the scoreboard, Djere only had to confirm his withdrawal to close at 7 to 5 and draw the match in 1 to 1.
In the third set, after confirming his withdrawal and doing 2-1, Fonseca requested care from the physiotherapist and indicated problems in the abdominal region. After receiving treatment lying next to the court, the Brazilian broke the withdrawal of the rival in the resumption of the game. After confirming his service again and mark 4 to 1, the Brazilian again received care from the physiotherapist. Djere demonstrated tiredness and facilitated the task of Fonseca, who again won his rival’s withdrawal, and then drew up to close at 6/1 and advance to the decision.
Brazilians in the doubles final
Brazilians Marcelo Melo and Rafael Matos advanced to the final in the double key after the Argentines Francisco Cerudolo and Tomas Etcheverry withdrawal. The match would close this Saturday, but Cerudolo preferred to focus on the simple dispute. The opponents of Brazilians will be Argentine Guido Andreozzi and French Theo Arribage, who beat Austrian Alexander Erler and German Constantin Frantzen, 6/1 and 6/4.
*With information from Estadão Content
Posted by Sarah Américo
