After a thrilling comeback against Russian Karen Khachanov on Saturday (7), João Fonseca will have another challenging game ahead of him in the third phase of Indian Wells: a reunion with American Tommy Paul, top seed and current number 24 in the world.
The match takes place in the early hours of Sunday (8), around 1 am (Brasília time). They already faced each other at the Madrid Open last year and by 2 sets to 0, with double 7/6, Paul beat the Brazilian.
In Indian Wells, the American skipped the first round and started by beating Belgian Zizou Berg.
Tommy Paul is 28 years old and was born in New Jersey, USA. He had a promising start and was Roland Garros youth champion in 2015. His best ranking was number 8 in 2025.
In total, he has four ATP titles in his professional career and has already reached a Gram Slam semifinal. At the 2023 Australian Open, he was defeated by Serbian Novak Djokovic.
Switching
in fact, already knows that the opponent in the round of 16 will be the winner of the clash between Canadian Denis Shapovalov and Italian Jannik Sinner.
