Bratislava 2 Challenger 2024 R1: Joao Fonseca [Alt] vs. Mikhail Kukushkin [8] Extended Highlights

[@rdmalonso1]

Fantastic hitting by both. Jo future star

[@eretzsport022]

😃🙌 it was, one of my 3 indoor fave matches of his apart from the W vs. Landaluce plus the L vs. B. Bonzi. Experience-building 🙏

[@denisarleyferreira4854]

pelo amor né Joãozinho, esse cara nunca ganhou de ninguém e vc conseguiu perder pra ele, mas vc tem potencial...vc é fera!

[@vadimzitsermusicianvlogcha3870]

Kukushkin has effective but very strange backhand. It begins like he is going to make a slice.

[@ayleono]

I was thinking the same, similar BH style to CIlic!

[@tiagobatis23]

I saw him playing at Porto Open (July 24) and thought the same

[@seazestyt]

I have seen it many times. A player just won a tournament then the next tournament is out either in the first or second match. Not sure if the player comes as favorite and underestimate the opponent or simply the motivation dropped a bit after winning a tournament.

[@koppert]

This match in the video took place well before the Next Gen. João hasn’t played since winning the title.

[@eretzsport022]

True. I'm just rewinding the classics to fill the gaps, Bratislava 2 Ch took place like the end of Oct or sth. In Joao's case, these European indoor season racked up experience (other than the pts needed to qualify) before taking the NextGen soo... 😃

[@rubensenderle]

This game was in october.

[@gannuganesh891]

WOW match.

[@eretzsport022]

Ikr!! I remember I was at another match but marked to catch this up for some reason-

[@gannuganesh891]

@eretzsport022 please post every tennis matches, I am big fan of Tennis.

[@eretzsport022]

@ Haha I'll try from fave classics first to fill things up before the next season starts in a few days!

[@DNA2000-8bit]

Mikhail Kukushkin moving awfully well and hitting awfully hard and never getting winded for a 36-year-old guy who's never won a meaningful tour stop in his life. Must have just been a great day. *cough*

[@federicomejia2062]

Fonseca will become top 5 by 2028

[@joseoliveira-ve6tt]

Ta apreendendo ainda vai dar trabalho muito trabalho logo logo no circuito.

[@YeekyYeeky]

i see something in Fonseca which make me think of Dominic Thiem , maybe the grunt and the power . waiting for him to be my next favourite 😂

[@angelatanurdzic7508]

Great game by Joao.

[@Kedbuka]

Lol. What?

[@axelozholbarys9167]

Кукушкин алга

[@LuísJoel-s7k]

Do you know how dumb it is to put only the picture of the winner on the thumbnail? You basically ruin the experience.

[@eretzsport022]

I'm trying to differentiate revisiting old matches/full match with a match from the present time (I mean that ongoing present time) the way irl tournaments do- (Maybe benchmarking to Slams' accs might or might not be a good idea, after all; although if I find decent handshake pics/screenshots I wouldn't mind that 😁)

[@vivahernando1]

I don’t like the ONQ kit at all ….. men or women’s

[@sakarrc5001]

Kukushkin showing that the new generation cannot compete even with top 200 players. What a lol

[@Sammy9382]

Huh? Fonseca just won against two top hundred players.

[@sakarrc5001]

@@Sammy9382 NextGen players.

[@Sammy9382]

@@sakarrc5001 Huh? You said "new generation cannot compete even with top 200 players". All matches he won (five) at he nextGen finals are against top 200 players.

[@Sammy9382]

​@@sakarrc5001 And NextGen player Fils won at least 30 matches this year aganst Top 200 players.

[@koppert]

This match in the video took place well before the Next Gen. João has already defeated several top 100 players.