Joao Fonseca is through into the last 32 at the Miami Masters! The 18-year-old faced Ugo Humbert in the second round and avenged his Davis Cup loss following a flawless performance. The Brazilian ousted the Frenchman 6-4, 6-3 in an hour and 11 minutes.
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Joao produced one of his finest performance on the ATP level. The young gun dropped four points in his service games and mounted the pressure on the other side. Humbert struggled behind the second serve and lost 40% of the points behind the initial shot.
The Frenchman faced five break points and gave serve away three times to propel a teenager into the third round.
Fonseca claimed 21 points more than his rival in front of the partisan Brazilian crowd. He landed 16 winners and 11 unforced errors and welcomed 22 mistakes from Humbert, mostly from his forehand. Joao led 17-14 in service winners.
He forgeda 35-19 buffer from the baseline, hitting powerful strokes from both wings without making too many errors. The Brazilian was off to a flying start. He stepped in on the return in the first game of the encounter and landed a volley winner for a break at love.
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Joao cemented the lead with a hold at love in game two and provided another fine one two games later for a 3-1 advantage. A teenager landed a service winner in game six, controlling the scoreboard and opening a 4-2 gap.
A left-hander served well following that early setback. Ugo closed the seventh game with an unreturned serve and stayed in touch. However, the Brazilian stood strong in his games! Fonseca held at love in game eight for 5-3 and served for the opener at 5-4.
The Miami Open debutant welcomed the rival's loose forehand for set points and converted the first with a powerful serve. Thus, he clinched the opener 6-4 in 33 minutes and gained an extra boost of confidence. Joao lost one point in his games in the second set, mounting the pressure on his opponent.
Humbert served well early on and held at love in game three for a 2-1 lead. Fonseca responded with a forehand winner in game four and made a push on the return in the next one. The crowd's favorite fired a 180 km/h forehand winner for 30-30.
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A teenager generated a break chance and seized it with a forehand down the line winner that sent him a set and a break in front. Joao held at love in game six and mirrored that two games later,marchingtoward the finish line.
Ugo served to stay in the match at 3-5 and cracked under pressure. Fonseca painted another forehand winner and created three match points. The young gun converted the third with a deep return, causing the rival's mistake and sailing into the third round.
