In a duel valid for the second round of Cincinnati’s Masters 1000 against Spanish Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Brazilian João Fonseca left behind, but ended up benefiting from the opponent’s withdrawal at the end of the second set to advance to the next phase of the tournament.
The next opponent leaves the confrontation between Italian Flavio Cobolli and Frenchman Terence Atmane.
The first set of the match against Fokina was marked by balance, with the partial being defined only in Tie-Break. In the tiebreaker, the Spanish, 18th in the ranking, was better and closed at 7-4.
In the second set, Fokina seemed that she would have no difficulty liquidating the game, with two breaks early on to open 4 to 0 ahead.
Current 52nd in the world, Fonseca got a great recovery from then on, returning the breaks to win five games in sequence and turn the set to 5 to 4.
Prior to the definition of the second partial of the game, Fokina, who had not given signs of physical problems so far, surprised to announce the withdrawal of the game.
With the result, João guarantees in the third round in Cincinnati and equals his best campaign in a Masters 1000.
In March, in Miami, he also advanced to the third round when he was eliminated by Australian Alex de Minaur.
Making his debut in the tournament played on the hard court floor, the 18 -year -old carioca had won the Chinese Bu Yuchaookete in the first round.
João has already been able to match Brazil’s best campaign in simple in the men’s key since Flávio Saretta in 2003.
In the female key, Bia Haddad Maia, 21st in the ranking and key head, entered the second round, but was eliminated by Australian Maya Joint (44th) by 2 sets to 1, with 6/4, 4/6 and 6/4 partials.
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.
