By Chris Oddo | @Thefanchild | Tuesday 25 March 2025
In a whirlpool three months, 18-year-old sensation Joao FONSECA He has won his first match on a major, made his 100th debut, claimed his first ATP title and played his first double the Sun.
All the time, the Brazilian has made him under the attention of the white attention of a tennis tennis nation that believes he can simply be their next gouge.
Not an easy task to say at least, but the fund has performed greatly, and in the last three months demonstrated the type of talent that changes the game it may be.
It is planned to rise to a high career ranking of no.58 in the ATP rankings on Monday, and can go far above this year, with not many rankings to protect.
They expect him to rank much higher – and keep much more experience under his belt – when he returns to Miami next year.
For now, the phonese can be included in the sense that he has a home away from home in South Florida waiting for him. He was worshiped by fans, many of whom made the journey all the way from Brazil to see him play, and created an atmosphere that was enraged and electric inside the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.
“The first impression here is that I really felt like I was in Brazil,” he said after being eliminated in the third round by Alex de Minaur. “I mean, not just crowds, but the organization treated me like I was in Brazil. So it was super cute. I like the tour. Maybe one of my favorite tournaments now.
“I knew it would be crowded, but I didn’t know it would be great.”
“I just wanted to entertain … I was just Vibing”
Joao Fonsseca how the atmosphere motivated it#Miamiopen
– Tenis TV (@tennistv) March 25 2025
The phonese also had to play some big matches in a big scene, against the likes of the top 20 Talent Ugo Humbert and De Minaur.
“Playing with the best players, you know where your level is,” he said. “I really see I’m the right way. I’m on the right track, playing some good matches against top players. Here I want to be.”
Clay comes after
It is now in clay and a whole new set of experiences for fundamentals. He already witnessed himself on the surface by winning the title Buenos Aires, so it should not be too difficult for him.
“Everything is new. I have to get used to everything,” he said. “It’s going to be my first time playing those shifts in Europe. I actually played Madrid Open last year … It’s going to be the new experience. I have to adapt, of course. Of course I will play my tennis – the aggressive tennis you know you guys. Now in Clay. It will be a great experience.”
Asked if his tennis career is resulting in as he had imagined, the Fonseca acknowledged that his success has come a little easier than expected, but in no way means that he is not pushing in his dogs tournament.
“When you see you on touring television, you see the best players just enjoying, winning all the matches,” he said. “But this is not the case. You know there is a process, future, challenging, then you have to cross the barrier from Top 100. It is a long way to be here in the highest tours.
“When I was young watching on TV, I was like, I want to be there. It will be easy to get there. But no, it’s a long way. Fortunately I spent this in a quick way, making some shiny tours and getting into these tours now.”
