Europeans send message to João Fonseca after defeat in Paris: 'Stop waking up late'

It didn't. João Fonseca was eliminatedthis Wednesday (29), from Master 1000 from Paris. The tennis player fell in front of Karen Khachanov, in a three-set clash, with partials 6 – 1, 2 – 6 and 6 – 3 into Russian. On social media, the Brazilian's defeat had international repercussions.

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Fans highlighted the Brazilian's difficulty in entering matches with greater energy. João started the match apathetic, managed to turn things around, but then suffered individual errors in the third and decisive set. See the impact below:

Translation: “Fonseca always wakes up late. I lost the first set against Khachanov, who is a high-level player. Now João is winning the second set 4-1. He needs to stop waking up late! Stress.”

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Translation: “An incredible comeback from João Fonseca after a listless first set; he recovered and is now level at 1-1 with Khachanov in the third set.”

Translation: “Khachanov won his first in a long time against João Fonseca. Tennis is cured.”

Translation: “Brazilian João Fonseca lost this match to Russian Karen Khachanov.”

How was João Fonseca's defeat?

Text by: Gustavo Loio

In the first set, the Brazilian (champion of the ATP 500 in Basel, on Sunday), showed haste and made mistakes well above his normal range.. And it was broken, without difficulty, The first two times it was drawn. 16 minutes into the match, Brazil's number 1 team was already losing 4/0. Two games later, finally, the 19-year-old from Rio confirmed his serve, when his rival was already leading 5/0. Khachanov needed just 29 minutes to close the first set 6/1.

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João Fonseca had to come off the ropes in the opening of the second series, in the longest game of the match, which lasted more than 5 minutes. of 0/40 and saved, in total, four breaks. From then on, the Rio native finally entered the game. So much so that, in the next game, the Brazilian finally achieved his first break in the game. Then, Brazil's number 1 served to take a 3/0 lead. Two games later, he served and opened 4/1. The Rio native served at 4/2 and 15/40, but had cold blood and skill to save both breaks.

The decisive partial was the most balanced of all. So much so that the only break only came in the ninth game, in favor of the Russian, who took the opportunity to break the Brazilian. In the next game, João Fonseca got angry with a mistake and threw his racket on the ground. Valente, the Rio native saved the first match-point. But, At the next point, with a smash, the 2018 champion closed the game and advanced to the round of 16.