“I tried to make him win this match, and he managed to do it,” the No. 2 seed said of his clay-court conqueror, the 172nd-ranked qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild.

Seyboth Wild hadn't even played a tour-level main-draw match at all in 2023, instead competing on the lower-level ATP Challenger Tour.

Brazil’s newest star was both halted and afflicted by COVID-19, but he remains his nation’s post-pandemic tennis future.

The 20-year-old Brazilian, who just over three weeks ago captured his first ATP title, shared the news in a video message—revealing he's been in self-isolation for the past week.