Carioca João Fonseca, 18, disputes this Saturday (1st) his first match as the top 100 of the professional ranking and “man of the moment” of tennis – in the definition of the ATP (Association of Professional Tennisos) website – after drawing the attention of the World in Australian Open.
Number 99 of the ranking, Fonseca faces Frenchman Ugo Humbert (15th), for the first round of the Davis Cup in Orléans, from 10:30 am (from Brasilia). The game opens the confrontation França x Brazil.
“For me, it is sensational to be part of this moment, to be able to make history to Brazil. It would be a dream to take Brazil to the finals [a fase final da Davis] Again, “Fonseca told Sheetafter the draw of the Order of the Order, held in a 16th century castle.
If you win the best of five matches, Brazil will face the winner of Croatia x Slovakia in September.
In Brazil, the broadcast rights of the confrontation of this weekend were provided by the International Tennis Federation) to the little known DSports channel. Complaints from tennis fan of social networks, who expected to watch the games on the largest channels, forced the CBT (Brazilian Tennis Confederation) to disclose note by clarifying that they had no power on the issue. The CBT has unsuccessfully tried the right to broadcast matches on its YouTube channel.
João Fonseca is not yet Brazil’s number one in the ranking. This post belongs to Thiago Wild (76th), which faces Arthur Fils (19th) following the game between Fonseca and Humbert. On Sunday, the doubles Rafael Matos/Marcelo Melo (38th and 39th of the pairs ranking) and Benjamin Bonzi/Pierre-Hugues Herbert (287th and 277th, respectively) are faced. Following, there will be two simple matches, in principle Fils x Fonseca and Humbert x Wild.
“We have players to form a very strong team, to face any team in the world,” said the Brazilian team captain, former tennis player Jaime Oncins, himself semifinalist of Davis in 1992 and 2000. He recognized, however, the French favoritism, for the ranking of the players.
Fonseca was one of the sensations of Australian Open, two weeks ago. Survived the qualifying, the qualifying phase, and made its premiere in the main key to a Grand Slam tournament by knocking a top 10: 3 sets at 0 (7/6, 6/3 and 7/6) over nine number in the world , Russian Andrei Rublev.
In the second round, Fonseca was eliminated by Italian Lorenzo Sonego, 55th in the world, by 3 sets to 2 (6/7, 6/1, 6/1, 3/6, 6/3). He weighed against the Brazilian, in his first official match of five sets, the inexperience.
Having reached the second round was the Fonseca 13 positions on the ATP list, jumping from 112 to 99th place. Exactly 12 months ago, he was the 854th of the ranking. “I’m just looking for one thing, being number one in the world, winning a grand slam,” Fonseca told the report.
John is today, by far, the number one of the ranking among those under 19 – the closest to him is the German Justin Engel, 17, 369th in the ATP list.
Last year, the carioca made his debut representing Brazil at Davis, facing Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy. Won two matches and lost one.
The Brazilian team took to Orléans two youth, such as “SparRings”, to gain experience: João Eduardo Schiesl, 20, and Gustavo Almeida, 18. The two are older than the holder João Fonseca, although the difference of this to Gustavo is from Only four months.
