Only ten days younger than the youngest of the top 200 world, Norwegian Nicolai Budkov Kjaer climbed no less that 66 positions last Monday, reaching 187th place (The best of the career so far). Thanks to the title of Challenger de Tampere, In Finland, with the triumph over the Frenchman Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg (249th), 7/6, 6/7 and 6/2.
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While Norway’s tennis player turns 19 on September 1, Brazil’s number 1 will do the same on August 21st.
– It was a good final, I’m very happy to win. It was a difficult and nervous match. It is always difficult to play tiebreaks when you think about the consequences and not the possibilities. Fortunately, I managed to win one of those two tiebreaks. We played a good match, and it was great to play in front of the fans and win – said the young Norwegian, who, In February, in Glasgow, he won his first Challenger.
Two weeks ago, Kjaer was responsible for the elimination of Brazilian Thiago Monteiro in the debut of the ATP 250 De Simage, in Sweden. In the first round of QUA that week, the young Norwegian broke out another tennis player from Brazil: Thiago Wild.
João Fonseca falls in Toronto
João Fonseca, in turn, this Monday (28), visibly without rhythm, fell in the debut of the Masters 1000 of Toronto. Brazil’s number 1 and 49 in the world was surpassed by Qualifier.
With the result, the Brazilian will leave the top 50. This Monday, he had lost two positions in the ranking. For now, the pupil of coach Guilherme Teixeira is falling three other places. Your next commitment will be the masters 1000 of.
Curiously, It was Australian’s first triumph against a career top 50, his biggest feat so far.
Joao Fonseca’s tormentor faces Italian
This Tuesday, around 18h (Brasília), the João Fonseca faces, in the second round, the Italian Matteo Arnaldi, 41st in the world, in an unprecedented confrontation
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