Joao Fonseca stuns Michelsen in the 1st round to set up a battle vs Norrie at the Mutua Madrid Open. HIGHLIGHTS – MADRID RESULTS

MUTUA MADRID OPEN - MADRID DRAW AND RESULTS. Fonseca shocks Michelsen to fight against Cameron Norrie in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Joao Fonseca vs. Alex Michelsen

Joao Fonseca upsets Alex Michelsen 4-6 6-0 6-2 in the 1st round in Madrid on Thursday. Fonseca will square off with Cameron Norrie in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 1 minute.

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Fonseca's Record

Highlights Joao Fonseca vs. Alex Michelsen Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Fonseca
Michelsen
Joao Fonseca
4-6 6-0 6-2
2h:01
Alex Michelsen
93
93
Total points
72
72
35
35
Winners
31
31
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
2
2
0
0
Double Faults
0
0
68%
68%
1st in
66%
66%
63%
63%
1st won
56%
56%
35/56
35/56
1st won
31/55
31/55
65%
65%
2nd won
39%
39%
17/26
17/26
2nd won
11/28
11/28
-- Break Points --
6/11
6/11
Total
2/9
2/9
55%
55%
Won
22%
22%
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At the end of the match, the Brazilian scored 93 points vs. Michelsen’s 72.

Fonseca

The Brazilian was well focused in converting 55% of the break points that he conquered (6/11).

Michelsen

On the other side, Michelsen had a tough time converting his break points (only 22% – 2/9). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Fonseca and Michelsen is 1-0 for Joao.

Draw and next match H2H: Joao Fonseca vs. Cameron Norrie – stats

Fonseca will square off with Norrie in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Joao Fonseca and Cameron Norrie since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Joao Fonseca Draw info

Joao was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, he conceded only 2 games in the last 2 sets after winning 51 points vs. Norrie’s 37 points.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Fonseca got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Alex Michelsen in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Nonetheless, that was not enough for Alex to win the set since the Brazilian found the way to break back in the 6th (2-4) game.

It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Alex won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to convert the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

Michelsen was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 40-A), the 4th (4-0 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Joao was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (1-4 40-A).

They played 77 points. The contest during this set was so even that the American won barely 1 point more than the Brazilian (39-38). Alex surrendered 14 points on serve (21-14). In addition, on the other side, Fonseca conceded 18 points on serve (24-18).

2nd Set -
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There was not much of a fight in this set because Joao conceded no games to the American before winning the set 6-0.

Fonseca failed to serve out the set when leading 6-0 to be broken at 15.

Joao converted 42% of his break points (3/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (3-0 40-A) and the 6th game (5-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Fonseca didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 36 points. The Brazilian was the one to win the set after conquering 16 more points than the American (26-10). Fonseca was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (12-3). on the other side of the court, Alex conceded 14 points on serve (7-14).

3rd Set -
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The Brazilian in this set stepped up in a great fashion to overplay Alex and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking Alex in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Joao converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, Michelsen was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 52 points. The Brazilian was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Alex (29-23). The Brazilian lost 9 points on serve (16-9). On the other side, Michelsen conceded 13 points on serve (14-13).

1st
Fonseca
Michelsen
4-6
4
6
4
5
3
5
3
4
2
4
1
4
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
2nd
Fonseca
Michelsen
6-0
6
0
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
3rd
Fonseca
Michelsen
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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