Simply as occurred to Roger Federer and Jannik Sinner – his primary function fashions – younger star Joao Fonseca received his first match on the main circuit on the age of 17.
Fonseca additionally shares a delivery month with the Swiss legend and the South Tyrolean: all three have been born in August. The 2006-born participant has already put himself on the map within the latter a part of 2023, when he received the U.S. Open Junior and have become the primary Brazilian to be named ITF World Champion by ending on prime of the class rating.
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Fonseca took half within the Nitto ATP FInals 2023 as a sparring companion and was known as by a number of specialists “the little Sinner” due to the energy of his strokes. An explosiveness that emerged exactly in the course of the Rio de Janeiro event.
Joao Fonseca is a younger star
Joao Fonseca obtained a wildcard to play within the ATP Halle 2024. The younger Brazilian will play within the German ATP 500, which takes place from June 17 to 23, simply two weeks earlier than Wimbledon. The 17-year-old might meet different gamers on the occasion, reminiscent of Jannik Sinner, for instance.
Fonseca spoke to Uol about his first steps on the planet of tennis. “I have been enjoying tennis since I used to be 4 years outdated as a result of I went to look at my brother, who’s 5 years older than me, practice.
I did not suppose I might fall in love with tennis a lot, I’ve at all times been very connected to the game: I attempted enjoying soccer, volleyball and I went browsing. Till 2022 I did not suppose I might dedicate myself to tennis, actually.
It was solely once I received a match in a Challenger event, beating some prime 200 and 300 gamers, that I understood I had one thing to supply”, Fonseca defined earlier than revealing his dream. “My huge dream is to be no 1 on the planet and win a Slam.
Wimbledon is my favourite Main. The street is lengthy and requires work. I hold my ft on the bottom as a result of that is how goals come true. However in the event you do not consider in your self, who will do it for you?” .
Referring to his idols, Fonseca lastly revealed: “Once I was little, I by no means missed a single Federer match. My mom is an enormous Roger fan. Now I like to look at Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz’s matches.”
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