João Fonseca beats Tsitsipas again and advances to Masters 1000 in Montreal

Currently 27th in the world, the 19-year-old Brazilian defeated the former top 3 tennis player from Greece who is now 53rd in the rankings, out of 27, by two sets to zero, with splits of 7/6 (3) and 7/5, in 1h50 of the match.

It was João's second meeting and second victory against Tsitsipas. They met for the first time in September last year, in the Davis Cup, in Athens, with the Brazilian winning by 2 sets to 1 (6/4, 3/6 and 7/5).

In the next round of the Masters 1000 in Canada, João faces the winner of the clash between Norwegian Casper Ruud (14th) and Argentine Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (52nd).

The Brazilian tennis player's last match was in the third round of Wimbledon, when he was eliminated by Russian Roman Safiullin.

This Wednesday, at the beginning of the season on hard courts, the match began with a break at the beginning of the match, which was soon returned by the Greek, with the first set resolved only in a tie-break.

Using a combination of serve and volley and powerful strikes from the back of the court, the Brazilian took a 6-3 lead in the tiebreaker game and closed the end with an unforced error from his opponent.

In the second set, João maintained the pressure and broke Tsitsipas' serve again in the third game, taking a 2-1 lead.

He managed to confirm his services until the tenth game, when he served to close the set and the game, but had his serve broken by the Greek - finalist of Roland Garros (2021) and the Australian Open (2023), runner-up in both to Novak Djokovic.

The Brazilian returned the break in the next game, and served afterwards to close the set and the game.