Joao Fonseca stuns Cristian Garin 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Rio De Janeiro on Thursday. Fonseca will face Mariano Navone in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 31 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Highlights Joao Fonseca vs. Cristian Garin Rio Open – Rio de Janeiro
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Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Fonseca scored 61 points vs. the Chilean’s 54.
Fonseca
Fonseca won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Garin
On the other side, Garin was effective at converting 67% of the break points that he conquered points (2/3). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Fonseca and Garin is 1-0 for Joao.
Draw and next match H2H: Joao Fonseca vs. Mariano Navone – stats
Fonseca will take on Navone in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Joao Fonseca and Mariano Navone clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Fonseca (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Fonseca had a favorable start in this set after breaking Cristian Garin in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for Fonseca to win the set as Garin succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Fonseca maintained his cool to break the Chilean in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th (6-4) game.
Fonseca failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.
Fonseca missed the chance to break Christian in the 4th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Garin was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-4 to 6-4.
Fonseca converted 37% of his break points (3/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Christian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 15-40) and the 6th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 66 points. The Brazilian was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than the Chilean (36-30). Fonseca lost 14 points on serve (19-14). On the other side, Christian conceded 17 points on serve (16-17).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Brazilian conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
Joao was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, the Brazilian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 49 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Fonseca won only 1 point more than the Chilean (25-24). Joao dropped 6 points on serve (17-6). on the other side of the net, Christian conceded 8 points on serve (18-8).
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