Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are definitely the 2 present leaders of the boys’s tour, however they’re more likely to face Joao Fonseca very quickly. The expertise of the Brazilian ace had been recognized to insiders for a while, however his rise in current months has actually impressed everybody.
Joao has modified gears because the finish of final yr, when he gained the Subsequent Gen ATP Finals in Jeddah enjoying unbelievable tennis favored by a very quick floor. Fonseca labored very arduous collectively together with his group through the low season and began 2025 in very excessive gears.
The Brazilian star instantly gained the Canberra Challenger, handed the Australian Open qualifiers with out shedding a single set and demolished a Prime 10 participant like Andrey Rublev within the first spherical of the Completely satisfied Slam with a really sensible efficiency (embellished by greater than 50 winners).
After that conflict, the entire world congratulated Fonseca, who struggled to deal with the stress and succumbed to Italian ace Lorenzo Sonego within the subsequent spherical.
Fonseca continues to impress
Joao returned to shine in Buenos Aires this week, the place he reached his first semifinal on the ATP tour. Within the quarterfinals, the present world quantity 99 defeated native idol Mariano Navone on the finish of an unbelievable battle that lasted virtually 3 hours.
The Brazilian was one step away from defeat, having gone down a set and a break and having canceled two match factors within the ninth sport of the third set.
Regardless of enjoying a match stuffed with ups and downs, Fonseca confirmed why he’s destined to develop into top-of-the-line gamers on the earth within the close to future.
In his press convention, Navone mentioned the rise of the younger Brazilian: “We performed a extremely intense and spectacular match, which was made much more particular by the gang. I’ve to confess that he has grown so much and is constant to enhance at a tempo that’s not regular for many gamers. He has a really shiny future forward of him.” Joao will face Serbian ace Laslo Djere for a spot within the remaining.
