Day three of this Australian Open tournament and second significant surprise in the results. Although, what we saw, it seems in the near future Joao Fonseca could mess it up again as he did today. The 18-year-old Brazilian and world number 113 ‘killed’ Andrey Rublev, one of the favorites for the title.
First Tsitsipas and now Rublev. The Greek failed again and became the first unexpected ‘hole’ of the competition, which the American lost Alex Michelsen through 7-5, 6-3, 2-6 and 6-4. But today is huge. What Fonseca did in his Australian Open debut will leave any fan of this sport speechless. “It wasn’t bad“said Joao between laughs after giving surprise to the appearance of a young man who wants to take on the world.
Great performances were expected, but not for Joao Fonseca to dominate Andrey Rublev in just three sets. The young Brazilian showed impressive skill, winning in 2 hours and 23 minutes in Russian by 7-6(1), 6-3 and 7-6(5).
Historic exhibition today in Melbourne, which witnessed the birth of a pearl of tennis. Joao Fonseca emulated Carlos Alcaraz last December at Next Gen ATP Finals by winning the title at the same age -18 years- as Murcian (2021). Despite being young, Fonseca is getting people talking and wants to start competing with established figures in world tennis. Or defeat them, as he did with Rublev.
Joao continues to show his future potential. It was declared 2023 US Open junior title champion and, after that, it continued to win votes to earn a place among the greatest. “I see the rivalry that Alcaraz and Sinner have and That’s where I want to be. Sometimes I think ‘I’m going to go to the top 100, the top 50’. Nope. I will look at them,” the Brazilian said last summer.
“I want to be like them. I want to win Grand Slams and other big tournaments“, then said one of the greatest jewels of world tennis who is on the right track. The Italian Lorenzo Sonego He is his next opponent to beat after he beat the veteran Wawrinka.
Source: La Verdad
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