Making his debut at Wimbledon’s main key, Brazilian tennis player João Fonseca beat British Jacob Fearnley by 3 sets at 0, with 6/4, 6/1 and 7/6 (5) partials in a two-hour match on Monday (30).
In the next round, João faces the winner of the duel between American Jenson Brooksby (149th) and Dutch Tallon Griekspoor (34th).
Last year, then 215th in the ranking of ATP (Association of Professional Tenns), the Brazilian was eliminated in the first round of the qualifying.
About a year later, in the best place of his career, the world’s current 54th carioca reached the third straight victory in the fearnley retrospective, which is the 51st of the ranking and had the support of the fans – John had already won in Chamber Challenger, Australia, and the Indian Wells Masters 1000.
With the triumph, the Brazilian became the first 18 -year -old tennis player to reach the second round in the tournament since the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz – a two -time champion – in 2021.
“It means a lot. It’s super special to me,” Fonseca said in the post-game interview. “It’s my favorite Grand Slam since childhood. I’ve been watching all the matches, so it’s just a pleasure to be here. I apologize for winning a British, but thank you for support here. Thanks for respecting tennis today. Jacob is a great friend, a great player and I’m looking forward to my next encounters against him.”
This was John’s second victory in an ATP level grass tournament – the first was last week at Eastbourne’s ATP 250, when he hit Belgian Zizou Bergs by 2 sets to 1. In the second round, he was eliminated by the top 5 Taylor Fritz.
In Monday’s game, João showed maturity and used powerful withdrawals to manage the advantage. The first set started balanced, with the two tennis players confirming their services. In the ninth game, the Brazilian saved three break-points to make 5 to 4. Right in the next game, he used a double lack of the British to close the partial 6-4.
In the second partial, John returned packed and gave no chance for the opponent. With Fearnley abusing withdrawal errors, the Brazilian got the breaks in the second and sixth game, and gave no break, to close at 6 to 1.
In the third, much more balanced set, the two tennis players confirmed their services in the twelve games of the partial, bringing the definition to the Tie-Break. In the tiebreaker, João saw the Briton opens 5 to 2 ahead, but had a new double missing the opponent and two aces to draw and close in 7 to 5.
