Joao Fonseca stuns Lorenzo Sonego 7-6(5) 7-5 in the 1st round in Bucharest on Tuesday. Fonseca will play against Aleksandar Kovacevic or Radu Albot in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 4 minutes.
The Brazilian added to his prize money € 3,950 after conquering this match. He has already won € 10,165 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Brazilian will add € 7,345 to his earnings to get in total € 17,510 in total.
Highlights Joao Fonseca vs. Lorenzo Sonego Bucharest Open – Bucharest
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:04
At the end of the match, Fonseca scored 77 points vs. Sonego’s 72.
Fonseca
Joao won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Sonego
On the other side, the Italian was well focused in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered points (2/3). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Fonseca and Sonego is 1-0 for Joao.
Draw and next match H2H: Joao Fonseca vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic or Radu Albot – stats
Fonseca will come up against either Aleksandar Kovacevic or Radu Albot in the 2nd round. The head to head is 1-0 vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic and 0-0 vs. Radu Albot.
Live score progression and stats
The Brazilian won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4th (1-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game, Joao broke back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game to conquer the set 7-6.
Joao failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 40.
An important stage of this set was when Fonseca won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the scoreline from 1-4 to 5-4.
The Brazilian converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 7th (2-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Sonego converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A).
They contested 89 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Joao won just 3 more points than Lorenzo (46-43). Fonseca dropped 21 points on serve (33-21). on the other side of the court, the Italian conceded 13 points on serve (22-13).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Fonseca conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
Fonseca was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40). On the other side, the Brazilian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 60 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Fonseca won just 2 points more than Sonego (31-29). Fonseca surrendered 8 points on serve (21-8). On the other side, Lorenzo conceded 10 points on serve (21-10).
Tennis Scores in Bucharest
- Joao FonsecaFonseca – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-65 7-5)
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-4 6-2)
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Hugo GastonGaston (6-76 6-4 7-5)
- Federico CoriaCoria – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-4 6-2)
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Luca NardiNardi (6-3 6-75 7-62)
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-2 6-3)
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Valentin VacherotVacherot (7-6(8) 6-2)
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