Who is Joao Fonseca? Meet 18-year-old tennis player taking the sport by storm
Joao Fonseca is enjoying a meteoric rise in tennis and everyone wants to know who he is after his Australian Open victory over Andrey Rublev. The 18-year-old Brazilian star, currently ranked world No.112, conjured up a shock 7-6 6-3 7-6 first-round win over the Russian ninth-seed on Tuesday.
Joao Fonseca: Brazilian tennis starlet who plays beyond his years wins at Australian Open
Fonseca was part of the 2024 lineup alongside Fils and Luca Van Assche of France; Michelsen, eventual finalist Learner Tien and Nishesh Basavareddy of the U.S.; Jakub Mensik of the Czech Republic and Shang Juncheng of China, who also goes by his Americanized name, Jerry Shang.
João Fonseca has definitively introduced himself to the world as the latest teen sensation in men’s tennis by upsetting No. 9 ...
No. 112-ranked Joao Fonseca will meet No. 55 Lorenzo Sonego in the Australian Open Round of 64 on Wednesday, January 15.In ...
Joao Fonseca has become the talk of the town in Melbourne after causing a big upset at the Australian Open. The 18-year-old ...
Eurosport expert John McEnroe has billed Joao Fonseca as "the next Carlos Alcaraz" after the Brazilian stunned Andrey Rublev ...
The Tennis Channel Live panel was effusive of the 18-year-old Brazilian, who played a game remniscent of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner when he stunned Andrey Rublev in his Grand Slam main draw ...
Novak Djokovic sees a bit of himself as a young player in rising teenager Joao Fonseca and particularly welcomed the prospect ...
Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca stunned ninth seed Andrey Rublev in a major Australian Open shock on Tuesday as ...
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