João Fonseca fought a lot, but was defeated on Tuesday (17) by Italian Italian Flavio Cobolli, in a duel of 2 hours and 43 minutes valid for the first round of the ATP 500 of Halle, Germany.
Making his first match of the season on the grass floor after his participation in the clay of Roland Garros, Fonseca, current number 57 in the world, even won the first set against Cobolli, 25th in the ranking, 7 to 5.
Maintaining the balance of the confrontation, the second set was decided in Tie-Break, with the Italian best in the decisive points to open the advantage and close the partial 7-3 to draw the match.
In the third and decisive set, the two tennis players again confirmed their services and went to Tie-Break once again.
In the tiebreaker, Fonseca even had the opportunity to close the game, but saw Cobolli hit a beautiful return, open an advantage and confirm withdrawals at the following points to score 10 to 8.
In the second round of the tournament, the Italian awaits the winner of the confrontation between Frenchman Ugo Humbert and Canadian Denis Shapovalov.
João Fonseca will still compete in the pair key in the grass of Halle, alongside Greek Petros Tsitsipas, Stefanos younger brother Tsitsipas, former Top 5. In the first round, they will face a pair from the qualifying.
It will be the first participation of the Brazilian playing pairs since April last year, when he played the ATP 250 of Estoril alongside Portuguese João Sousa.
After participation in Germany, Fonseca will continue in the disputes in the grass at the ATP 250 of Eastbourne, England, from June 23.
