João Fonseca, 66 ATP, secured the place in the second phase of Miami Open, on Thursday (20), beating the American Learner Tien, by 2 sets to 1.
Now, the will have to face Frenchman Ugo Humbert, Top 20 in the world, in the second phase of the competition, in a duel that is quoted to take place on Saturday (22).
To get the classification, João Fonseca and thigh pain presented during the final stretch of the confrontation.
João Fonseca gave more details in the post-game of his debut.
“Hard game against a very hard player, a player who has a good history with him, two games of a youth and two games of professional, has a nice rivalry there with him, so he knew it would be difficult, a hard, solid, clever player, so from the beginning imposing a very good pace,” said João.
“Although I thought I played better. In the first set he managed to go out with the victory. Making a good tiebreak. I lowered the level there in Tiebreak and then on the second set keeping firm. With my withdrawals, focusing on my withdrawals focusing there. In what I needed to do. Break there on the second set if I break, I took the opportunity and it was very important that I keep the pace on the third set early on, ”he followed.
“I think the fans helped me a lot to do both the two breaks there, one in the second set and one in the third, helped me get firm, he missed the pressure a little made a double foul and in the game I took a point and me. I got the opportunity. This is the most important. Physically. And ready for the second round let’s go with everything, ”he concluded.
