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In the city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, the third and final match of Group A will pit Czech Jakub Mensik against Brazilian Joao Fonseca. Jakub Mensik is ranked 4th and last in his group with zero points as he has not won his previous matches. He actually lost first on the world number 122 Student Tien despite a duel close to 5 rounds, then failed to win one set against the French world number 20, Arthur Fils.
On the other hand, Joao Fonseca made a surprise in his group as he is the first in the position with 2 wins. The Brazilian won 100% of his duels, first against Arthur Fils in 5 games and then against American Learner Tien with scores of 4-0, 4-0, 1-4, 4-2. He is about to reach the final of the ATP Next Gen Finals, he has to give everything to prove and confirm his place in the tournament by winning 3 and the last point is at stake in these groups. Furthermore, his Czech opponent has to come off a string of back-to-back victories and his lack of success in this tournament should not allow him to be too confident in the match.