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Fonseca Shines, Etcheverry Falls as Latin Americans Split French Open Opener : The Tico Times | Costa Rica News

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The second Grand Slam of the tennis season opened Sunday at Stade Roland-Garros with a mixed scorecard for the Latin American contingent, as 19-year-old Brazilian João Fonseca survived a scare to advance, Argentina’s Solana Sierra knocked out former U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu, and Argentine No. 23 seed Tomás Martín Etcheverry became the tournament’s first seeded casualty. Fonseca, the first Brazilian man to be seeded at Roland-Garros since…

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Keyhead 28 in Roland Garros, João Fonseca debuted with relatively easy victory over the Frenchman Luka Pavlovic in the first round of the Grand Slam tournament. At home, the number 240 of the ATP ranking saw the Brazilian use his entire repertoire to win the first set only in the tie-break. More loose, Fonseca controlled the match and made 3 sets to 0, with partials of 7/6 (6), 6/4 and 6/2 in just over two hours of play. Now, Fonseca will face t…

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Luka Pavlovic had only a glimpse of Roland-Garros. While he was able to extract qualifications earlier this week, the 240th world player fell on much stronger than he in the person of João Fonseca in the first round of the Internationals of France. Not making any complex, the native of Stains started beating drum by offering a break ball from the very first game. However, he did not manage to exploit it but he posed many problems in the 30th wor…

John Fonseca surpassed the Frenchman Luka Pavlovic, no 240 of the world, this Sunday (24) by 2 sets to 0 (partials of 7/6, 6/4 and 6/2).

The Brazilian João Fonseca debuts this Sunday (24) in the main key of Roland Garros. The Brazilian tennis player, currently number 30 of the world ranking and head of key 28, will face the French Luka Pavlovic in the start valid for the first round of the tournament of saber in Paris. Luka Pavlovic, 26 years old, occupies the 240th position in the ranking of ATP and secured his place in the main key after winning three matches in the qualifying …

Luka Pavlovic will be the opponent of João Fonseca at the premiere of Roland Garros, France. The Serbian ranked by winning Darwin Blanch (229o) this Friday (22), by 2 sets to 0, with 6/1 and 6/4 partials in the qualifier. The athletes will face each other this Sunday (24), with indefinite hours. At 26, Pavlovic is the 240o placed in the ATP ranking. His best placed was 184a, reached in July 2025. He ranked after eliminating Darwin Blanch (229o) …

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CNN Brasil broke the news on Saturday, May 23, 2026.
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