ATP Munich: Arthur Rinderknech dumped out by Joao Fonseca in the last 16

The Monte Carlo hangover

Bavaria. Wednesday. The Munich Open has lost its world No. 26. Arthur Rinderknech is out in the last 16 of the Bavarian event. Across the net, Joao Fonseca needed just 1 hour and 22 minutes. The verdict was brutal: 6-3, 6-2. Same matchup, eight days earlier. On April 8, on the clay in Monte Carlo. Arthur Rinderknech had already stopped the Frenchman at the same stage. That one went the distance, three sets and plenty of grind: 7-5, 4-6, 6-3. This time in Germany? Over and done with far quicker.

Blown on break points

The score sheet tells the ugly story. Nine. That’s how many break chances Rinderknech carved out on his opponent’s serve. Not one of them was taken. None. That failure to cash in when it mattered decided the match. Fonseca, by contrast, kept it simple. The ATP world No. 35 broke the Frenchman three times and never let it get messy. Job done in straight sets. The South American rolls on. He’s into the quarter-finals, and his next opponent will come from the meeting between American Ben Shelton and Belgian Alexander Blockx.

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