By Chris Oddo | @Thefanchild | Wednesday 28 May 2025
Paris – On the 3rd day in Roland-Garros I made the journey to court 7 early to see the atmosphere ahead Joao FONSECAParis debut. It was as expected – completely crazy.
This was not surprising. What was surprising was how well the fund achieved everything about his Roland-Garros debut.
I saw FONSECA and Hubert Hurkacz strolling the stairs as he took the trial with Camporong fans cheering for him. He seemed to be blocking them all out and was completely lit, despite the cacophony.
The phonese was about to go from the start of the match and he played perfectly from start to finish.
The power he possesses from both sides is no secret, but what impressed me most was his ability to play physical points and protect and improvise while doing so.
He slips so well. It is made for clay.
And he played such an offensive tennis of such a level. He was so at this moment and so closed. It was difficult to believe that he still only 18 years old, given how mature he was following his play plan and how clear his choices were.
He did not get a resting point.
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During a while, the stadium was going nuts around it. The phonese already has a great sense of how to nourish their power, but also how not to get too involved in it. Fans travel in motion to support it, Brazilian flags flying, and the fund knows that its role is that of a leader. He must keep his minds about him and filter out the noise as he progresses in his career.
He ended up dominating absolutely Hurkacz, much in the same way he steamed with steam Andrey Rublev in his Grand Slam debut this January in Australia. There was no chance for the pole at any stage of the match, and the funding can prevail one similarly in the second round when he faces Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert.
The start of the phonese is here in Paris, even if it can be a little premature when they tell him he is the other gug. Then again the sky seems to be the limit for this child. It was a privilege to see his debut and it will be a privilege to see how his career in the Parisian clay progresses.
