De Minaur ends Fonseca’s run in Miami thriller.
Alex de Minaur secured his 17th tour-level match win of the season in a physical battle against #NextGenATP star Joao Fonseca on Monday at the Miami Open presented by Itau.
Tied with Felix Auger-Aliassime for the most wins this year, the Australian ended Fonseca’s run at the ATP Masters 1000 event with a thrilling 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 victory. After dropping serve in the opening game of the decider, De Minaur fought back by engaging in lengthy baseline rallies and testing Fonseca’s endurance.
With the crowd vocally supporting the Brazilian teenager, De Minaur kept his cool and won six of the final seven games to hold off Fonseca in two hours, 31 minutes.
De Minaur and Grigor Dimitrov are the only men to reach the fourth round of Indian Wells and Miami in both 2024 and 2025. Back inside the Top 10 of the PIF ATP Live Rankings, De Minaur will next face 29th seed Matteo Berrettini, who ousted Belgian Zizou Bergs 6-4, 6-4.
Berrettini is into the Round of 16 at an ATP Masters 1000 event for the first time since 2023 Monte-Carlo and first on hard courts since 2022 Indian Wells. The Italian leads De Minaur 2-1 in their Lexus ATP Head2Head series.