"Do you see the bounce? It looks like a public court" - Surface not to Stefanos Tsitsipas liking following Fonseca slip-up

Joao Fonseca strode to glory as Stefanos Tsitsipas fumed in the second round of the Canadian Open. One of the most highly anticipated ties of the day went the way of the 19-year-old sensation against his more experienced foe 7-6(3), 7-5, although Tsitsipas had reasons to be angry from his personal perspective as he complained to the umpire about the court.

It is an unusual sight to see Tsitsipas being forced to go through qualifying for a Masters 1000 tournament, but that is just the reality we now live in following his decline in form. Now split with his father for good, he will be hoping to continue his form from his title triumph in Gstaad, but that has not occurred.

After defeating Martin Damm Jr in the first round 6-4, 6-4, he has tasked with the 22nd seed Fonseca in their first meeting on the ATP Tour having already competed against each other in a Davis Cup qualifier.

Tsitsipas was on top in much of the first set as he had a number of break points missed throughout. However it was Fonseca who nabbed the first break two games in to explode out of the blocks. Tsitsipas found his feet but was not able to steal a march on his young opponent as the set headed for a tiebreak. The Brazilian upped the gears and was able to come out a comfortable 7-3 winner.

He was in cruise control following a break of serve to go 2-1 ahead. Three consecutive holds to love put him 5-3 ahead, but when it really mattered he seemed to throw it away as Tsitsipas broke back to level at 5-5. Nevertheless, Fonseca still had some tricks up his sleeve. Breaking instantly after, a hold to love got the job done and earned him a very first win at the Canadian Open.

Tsitsipas is not one for keeping in emotions. If there is something not to his liking, he will make sure that the necessary people are aware of it. The umpires for his matches are normally called into more than they were bargained for, and that occurred yesterday.

The 2018 runner-up was convinced that the court was not up to standard as he struggled to get to grips, halting play halfway through to exchange a few words and opinions to the umpire.

"Do you see the bounce?" he questioned. "It looks like a public court. The ball bounces like that. Do you see it? This is not a singles court. We're in a Masters 1000. What are we doing?"

Tsitsipas then invited down the umpire form his chair to take a glance at what he thought was a poor surface leading to irregular bounces of the ball. "I would never miss that shot," he continued.

Despite this, his argument had not got the umpire on board. "Do you see anything on the court at the moment?" Tsitsipas replied: "The surface is not uniform." In the end, the umpire came to a swift conclusion. "There is no bubble. There is no proper bubble."

This could have been a factor in his defeat, although Fonseca seemed to adapt much better than his opponent and reaped the rewards. He will hope to make it to the fourth round of a Masters 1000 event for just the third time following runs earlier this year at Indian Wells and Monte-Carlo. He will face none other than Casper Rudd who dropped just three games in his opening match. This comes merely months after Fonseca stunned the Norwegian at Roland Garros to reach a maiden major quarter-final. He will be hoping to do the same.