Australian Open: a super Lorenzo Sonego folds Joao Fonseca and flies to the third round

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Australian Open: Lorenzo Sonego-Joao Fonseca 6-7 6-3 6-1 3-6 6-3

A Lorenzo Sonego d'acciaio folds baby phenom Joao Fonseca and flies to the third round of the Australian Open. The Italian tennis player, in fact, è imposed himself on the young Brazilian in five sets with the score of 6-7 6-3 6-1 3-6 6-3, after almost three hours and forty-five of play.

In the first set è the Italian player to go moreù times close to the break, but on all three occasions he fails to be concrete. At the end comes the mockery for the blue, since in the tie-break, after canceling three set points and forced to surrender to the South American on the score of 8-6.

In the second set, Sonego managed to be more incisive in response, finding the break in the third game. At that point, the Azure managed to manage the lead until the end and repeated in the ninth game, winning the partial set 6-3.

In the third set, the Turin native, after canceling a break point in the opening game, immediately flew away in the score, snatching the serve from Fonseca in the fourth and sixth games. The Brazilian failed to respond and the Italian made the partial 6-1 his own.

In the fourth set comes the young South American's pride reaction, who places a partial three-game lead in the early stages. The class of 2006 manages to manage with great lucidity and authority the lead until the final 6-3, which takes the match to the fifth and decisive partial.

In the fifth set è the seventh game to act as the watershed for the match, as Sonego first nullified a break ball, then won three consecutive games that cut off Fonseca’s legs and opened wide the doors to the third round.

In the next round of the tournament, the Italian will face Fabian Marozsan of Hungary, who defeated Frances Tiafoe with a score of 6-7 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-1.

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