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1. Voo de Mar says:

   December 22, 2024 at 8:08 pm

   Points won by each set: | 15-18, 29-24, 16-3, 18-12 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   36 % Fonseca – 23 of 63
   22 % Tien – 16 of 72

   18-year-old Fonseca [145] is the lowest ranked champion of this event since its inception in 2017. The young Brazilian is a “full package” player, thus I assume he’d finish the next season in the Top 50 at least (I estimate his potential in the Top 10). The left-handed Tien [122] was severely beaten in their ’round robin’ match, and drew conclusions upon it. He was very aggressive with his forehand from the start, got a lucky break in the opening game (Fonseca was playing an overhead from a quite comfortable position), and maintained a high level until the tie-break in which he had a set point at 8:7* after withstanding four set points. He played rather poorly the last three points of the tie-break, and lost the plot. He tried to regain it in the 4th set, but the initially tense Fonseca, was playing very solid tennis after the 2nd set, typical for his disposal of the entire week (five days to be precise). “I was really nervous before the match. I knew it was going to be so difficult,” Fonseca said before lifting the trophy with former World No. 1 Rafael Nadal watching on from the stands. “I played a final against Learner in juniors [at the 2023 US Open] and I know the way he can play. He is such a nice guy and a great player, so I knew it was going to be difficult, mentally and physically. But I got my way through.”

   Fonseca’s route to the title:
   rr Arthur Fils 3-4(9), 4-2, 4-1, 1-4, 4-1
   rr Learner Tien 4-0, 4-0, 1-4, 4-2
   rr Jakub Mensik 3-4(4), 4-3(8), 4-3(5), 3-4(4), 4-3(5)
   S Luca van Assche 4-2, 4-2, 4-1
   W Learner Tien 2-4, 4-3(8), 4-0, 4-2

   # Fonseca saved four set points to avoid two-sets-to-love against Mensik [45], but the Brazilian had already guaranteed his semifinal berth
   *4:5 in the deciding 5th tie-break (second case in the event history that a match was composed of five tie-breaks)

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   December 23, 2024 at 4:21 pm

   Only 20-and-under players were allowed to participate (so the oldest born in 2004) – one year lower than in previous editions… just like in the first edition (2017) “no-let rule” obligated; in the final among 135 points played, just 3 when the ball touched the net-cord after the serve (2.22%)

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