João Fonseca needed 2 hours and 32 minutes to win the fierce duel against Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech this Wednesday (8) at the Court des Princes court and advance to the round of 16 of the Monte Carlo Masters 1000.
The 19-year-old Brazilian and 40th in the ATP rankings (Association of Professional Tennis Players) overcame his opponent who is 11 years older and 27th in the world with a victory by 2 sets to 1, with partials of 7/5, 4/6 and 6/3.
The Rio tennis player’s next opponent will be the Italian Matteo Berrettini, 90th in the ranking, who surprised by dispatching the Russian Daniil Medvedev, 10th in the world and former number 1, with a double 6/0, in just under 50 minutes of the match.
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