Thiago Monteiro wins second at Masters 1000 in Rome

Thiago Monteiro continues to enjoy a successful moment in his career, this Friday (10), the Brazilian defeated Jordan Thompson with scores of 6/1 and 6/3. With the positive result, Monteiro achieved his second victory at the Masters 1000 in Rome and continues to advance in the tournament, advancing to the third phase. In Thiago's last nine games on the professional tennis circuit, there were eight victories, which is the best year of Thiago's career as a professional tennis player.

Winning streak

At the Rio Open, which took place at the beginning of this year, Thiago Monteiro reached the quarterfinals of the tournament. Soon after, the tennis player started a good sequence of victories, went through the qualifying phase at the Masters 1000 in Madrid and only stopped in the third round. Now, in the Rome tournament, after also going through the qualifiers, Thiago already has two victories (in his debut, he defeated the Frenchman Gael Monfils by 2 sets to 0, 6/2 and 7/5) in the main event, reaching the third phase of the competition, equaling the performance it had in Spain.

Match summary

More adapted to clay, Thiago Monteiro demonstrated his dominance from the opening moments of the match, winning the first set with a remarkable 6/1 advantage. As the second set progressed, the Australian challenger showed a significant improvement in his performance, providing a tighter fight to the talented Brazilian. However, despite the opponent's efforts to intensify the competition, it was not enough to avoid Monteiro's defeat by 6 sets to 3.

As he advances in the prestigious Masters 1000 in Rome, Monteiro is preparing to face Serbian player Miomir Kecmanovic in the 3rd round. The latter, in a memorable match, managed to reverse an initial deficit against Norwegian Casper Ruud. After suffering a humiliating defeat in the first set 6/0, the tenacious Serbian showed his resilience by recovering in the next two sets, both ending with the same score of 6/4, guaranteeing him an impressive victory.

Featured Photo: Thiago Monteiro in action during a tennis match (Reproduction/Instagram/@thiagomonteiro)