Fonseca and his youth reached a mark that had not been seen since 2005 after their passage to the quarterfinals in Monte Carlo

Joao Fonseca (40th in the ATP) qualified for the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo Masters 1000 after beating the Italian Matteo Berrettini (90°) 6-3 and 6-2 in one hour and 15 minutes of play. On the one hand, the experience; on the other, youth. He Court Des Princes The day began with a meeting that had several spices and a great setting to match the circumstances.

The Brazilian, with this victory, became the third in his country -after Gustavo Kuerten and Thomaz Bellucci- to reach the quarterfinals in a tournament of this category and the youngest since 2005 in the Monegasque competition, a season in which both Richard Gasquet (18 years and nine months) as Rafael Nadal (18 years and ten months) they got it.

This prestigious list is completed Guillermo Coria (he was 19 years and three months old in 2001), Roger Federer (19 years and eight months in 2001), Rafael Nadal -only player to appear twice, at 19 years and 10 months in 2006- and Holger Rune (19 years and eleven months in 2023).

The initial set was balanced and in the early stages each player was able to maintain their serve. However, the first to break parity was the native of Rio de Janeiro to go 5 to 3 with the possibility of serving to keep the set. goal that he was finally able to achieve more than and without losing points.

In the second set, the South American got an early break (when they were 1 to 1). However, he could not maintain the advantage and the Italian managed to recover immediately to tie the shares at two. In any case, the Roman’s joy did not last long as the South American again broke his serve on two consecutive occasions and in the blink of an eye he was 5 to 2. Minutes later, He was able to close the duel with the same ease as he did in the first.

In the initial rounds, Fonseca had surpassed the Canadian Gabriel Diallo (36th) by 6-2 and 6-3. Subsequently, He did the same against the Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech (27th), although, on this occasion, he had to work for more than two and a half hours to win 7-5, 4-6 and 6-3.

Berrettinicuriously, had reached this stage without giving up any game in the Monegasque competition after their victories against the Spanish Roberto Bautista-Agut (85th), 4-0 (RET), and the Russian Daniil Medvedev (10°) with a categorical and historical 6-0 and 6-0 in 51 minutes of play.

The former Wimbledon finalist’s season in 2021 has a balance of eight wins and seven losses. To enter the main draw of the first Masters 1000 on clay in the year, Thomas Enqvist’s pupil needed a wildcard.

In the next round, for now, Fonseca will face the German Alexander Zverev (3rd), who comes from defeating Zizou Bergs (47th) by 6-2 and 7-5, in what will be the first duel between the two.

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