Rio de Janeiro (AP) – The feeling of tennis in teenagers João Fonseca frustrated his fans at home at the Rio Open during a first round defeat on Tuesday, two days after winning His first ATP title.
Fonseca lost 6-1, 7-6 (4) to Alexandre Muller, n ° 60, from France, making 34 uncomposed errors and seeming exhausted during the match.
The 18 -year -old Brazilian won his first career title at the elite level with victory in the Argentina Open final on Sunday.
Muller will meet Tomás Martin Martin Etcheverry in Argentina in the next round.
“It was difficult to play against such a great player and perhaps 5,000 (fans), but I am very happy to obtain the victory today,” said Muller. “I felt calm in half of the match. I did not take my chance to take the break in the second set, then he played better and better. I played an excellent break in equality to finish.
On weekends, Fonseca became the first man born in 2006 or later to win a first level of ATP in Simple, the 10th youngest champion in ATP history and the youngest southern player- American to win a title in the ATP Tour era (since 1990).
Last year, the rising star reached the quarter -finals of the tournament in Rio, an ATP 500, and finished 2024 by winning the next ATP final in December.
He increased from 31 places to n ° 68 in the classification of this week after his victory in Buenos Aires.
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