
Alex De Minaur dispatches Joao Fonseca 5-7 7-5 6-3 in the 3rd round in Miami on Monday. De Minaur will fight against Matteo Berrettini in the 4th round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 31 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this competition. Here you can see his history at this event.
Alex added to his prize money $ 42,785 after winning this match. He has already won $ 103,225 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Australian will add $ 85,850 to his earnings to get in total $ 189,075 in total.
Highlights Alex De Minaur vs. Joao Fonseca Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Australian scored 102 points vs. Joao’s 89.
De Minaur
The Australian was effective when converting 80% of the break points that he conquered (4/5).
Fonseca
On the other side, Joao had a tough time converting his break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between De Minaur and Fonseca is 1-0 for Alex.
Draw and next match H2H: Alex De Minaur vs. Matteo Berrettini – stats
De Minaur will face Berrettini in the 4th round.
This will be the 5th time that Alex De Minaur and Matteo Berrettini fight against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for De Minaur and Berrettini (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Fonseca conquered in the 11th game (6-5) just before finally winning the set (7-5).
De Minaur was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 4-5 to 7-5.
Joao was unerring in converting all his break points in the 11th game (5-5 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Joao didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 67 points. The contest during this set was so even that the Brazilian won barely 1 point more than the Australian (34-33). The Brazilian conceded 7 points on serve (24-7). on the other side of the court, Alex conceded 10 points on serve (26-10).
De Minaur came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Joao Fonseca in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, there was more to do for De Minaur to win the set since Joao succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) game. Alex maintained his cool to break Fonseca in the 12th (7-5) game.
De Minaur failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 15.
The Australian was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40). On the other side, the Brazilian converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 5th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-3 40-A), the 9th (4-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 13th game (4-7 15-40).
They played 76 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Alex won just 2 points more than Joao (39-37). De Minaur conceded 19 points on serve (24-19). In addition, on the other side, Fonseca conceded 15 points on serve (18-15).
De Minaur had a favorable start in this set after breaking Joao Fonseca in the 2nd game (2-0). That was sufficient for the Australian to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.
A crucial moment of this set was when De Minaur won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to bring the scoreline from 0-2 to 5-2.
Alex was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-2 0-40). On the other side, Alex didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 30 points. Alex conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Fonseca (18-12). De Minaur was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (12-4). In addition, on the other side, the Brazilian conceded 6 points on serve (8-6).
Tennis Scores in Miami
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