João Fonseca outlines a reaction, but stops in the second round in Paris

This Wednesday (29), after a first set with many errors, João Fonseca reacted and won the second. In the decisive set, the number 1 in Brazil and 28th in the world fought as hard as he could, but ended up being defeated by the Russian Karen Khachanov (14th in the world, former top 8, champion of the tournament in 2018), by 6/1, 3/6 and 6/3, in 1h50m, in the second round of the Masters 1000 in Paris. The 19-year-old Rio native's next tournament will be the ATP 250 in Athens, Greece, next week.

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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.

João Fonseca is broken in the penultimate game

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.

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