João Fonseca premiered this Thursday (7) with victory at Cincinnati’s Masters 1000.
Number 1 of Brazil and 49th in the ranking of ATP (Association of Professional Tenists), the 18 -year -old Brazilian left behind, but recovered and got the turn against Chinese Bu Yuchaookete, 23, which is the 76th in the world. The victory, by 2 sets 1, came with partials of 4/6, 6/2 and 7/5.
In the next round, the opponent will be the Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, number 19 of the ranking.
With the victory, the young carioca is recovering from the early fall in the Masters 1000 of Toronto, when he was defeated in the first round by the Australian coming from the Qualifying Tristan Schoolkate.
John’s best campaign in a Masters 1000 level tournament so far was in Miami in March, when he advanced to the third round, falling at the time to Australian Alex de Minaur.
Cincinnati’s Masters 1000 is the last preparatory tournament before the US Open dispute, the fourth and last Grand Slam of the year, which takes place between August 24 and September 7 in New York, United States.
US Open organizers announced this week a record prize of nearly $ 500 million, the largest in tennis history.
