The athlete’s future opponent will be known only on Saturday (26), at the end of the preliminary phase dispute; The Brazilian may debut on Sunday (27), or on Monday (28)
He met on Friday (25) the path he could go through the key of the de. The Brazilian tennis player will debut in the Canadian competition against a qualifying opponent, the preliminary phase, not yet defined. In the third round, you can cross with German Alexander Zverev, the biggest favorite to the title.
The future opponent of Fonseca will be known only on Saturday (26), at the end of the preliminary phase dispute. The Brazilian may debut on Sunday (27), first day of games of the main key, or on Monday (28), at a time yet defined by the organization of the Canadian tournament.
Current number 47 in the world, Fonseca must face a lower ranking opponent, outside the top 100. If the favoritism is confirmed, the 18 -year -old Brazilian will face the second round the Italian Matteo Arnaldi. The 44th in the world will be “Bye” in the opening round and will debut straight in the second round. Fonseca never faced Arnaldi in the circuit.
In a eventual third round, the carioca can cross with Zverev, current number 3 in the world and first key head, due to the absences of the Italian and Spanish, current numbers 1 and 2 of the world: both gave up on competition for physical reasons.
Zverev will be “bye” in the opening round. Following, he will face the winner of the duel between Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi and Australian Adam Walton. If the confrontation is confirmed, it will be the first time Fonseca will face a Top 3 tennis player.
The Canadian tournament also has the casualties of Serbian Novak Djokovic and British Jack Draper, 6th and 5th in the world, respectively. However, the list of key heads in Toronto has champion of Grand Slam (Danil Medvedev), runner-up of the same level (Zverev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Casper Ruud, Taylor Fritz) and many who have reached Major semifinals, in a list from Denis Shapvalov to Americans Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe, passing through Lorenzo Musetti.
*With information from Estadão Content
Posted by Nátaly Tenório
