The feeling of Australian Open It is the Brazilian João Fonseca18 years old, who showed his enormous possibilities with a debut with a three-set victory over the Russian Andrey Rublev. His roots cheated him in his five-way duel with the Italian Lorenzo Sonegobut his elimination did not damage his image as a great tennis player, who was called a rival Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz.
However, the status of the revelation player falls – the results rule – to another young fellow of the generation, a year older than him, whom he surpassed in the finals of the ATP Finals and in the U-18 US Open final in last year.
Joan Fonseca passed the previous stage, like the Spaniards Martin Landaluce and who will go to the main draw, the American Leaner Thien. Russian Executioner Daniel Medvedev In the second round, his adventure continued because he eliminated the Frenchman Corentin Moutet by 7-6 (10), 6-3 and 6-3.
He will face Fonseca’s executioner, the Italian Lorenzo Sonego, in the round of 16. Tien has already left his mark in terms of precocity, making names of Pete Sampras, Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz.
At 19, Tien is the youngest to reach the round of 16, the fourth round of the Australian Open, since Rafa Nadal did it in 2005, at the age of 18 and 241 days. Pete Sampras tallied 18 and 69 days as the American precedent in 1990.
About the Grand Slam, the youngest eighth finalist since Carlos Alcaraz, at the age of 19 and 31 days, at Roland Garros 2022.
“It exceeds my expectations, it is incredible to reach the second week. A few years ago I did not even think of becoming a tennis professional,” Tien insisted.
Source: La Verdad
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