The 18-year-old Brazilian tennis player João Fonseca reviewed his victory on Tuesday against the Russian Andrey Rublev in the first round of Australian Open and he seemed ambitious and confident at a press conference where he admitted he was only thinking about “the next game” because that is “the mentality of a champion.” The Italian Lorenzo Sonego He will be his rival in the 2nd round.
The one from Rio de Janeiro was a great figure at the start of the tournament held in Melbourne, with his three-set victory against the ninth best player in the world and his self-confidence both on court and in a press conference .
“I knew I could beat him, but I had no pressure. When I won 2 sets to zero, I was thinking more about maybe winning the match, that I had to stay focused. The nerves came, but I stayed on a mental level,” he confessed. Fonseca regarding the pressure of the moment.
The young tennis player showed great strength and his feet on the ground, as he expressed that his expectations are higher now, that he wants more and feels confident but he needs to improve his consistency. both, which differentiate the great players from the rest.
Regarding his idols and references, he highlighted two: “Roger Federer He has always been my idol, I grew up watching him. I guess everyone wants to play like him, I even tried the one-handed backhand when I was younger for a week, but my elbow hurt and I forgot about it. It inspires me too Guga Kuerten. “He is not only my idol as a player, but as a person,” he said.
Source: La Verdad
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