Even with his elimination in the quarterfinals, João Fonseca left Roland Garros with a good result for the ATP rankings this Tuesday (2). Eliminated by Jakub Mensik, Fonseca rose five positions and took 25th place.
The historic campaign in the French Grand Slam broke another taboo: a Brazilian being the best South American tennis player in the ATP rankings, which had not happened since 2015. The last was Thomaz Bellucci, who reached the position of 33rd in the world, surpassing Argentines Leonardo Mayer and David Nalbandian.
João Fonseca’s campaign at Roland Garros
At Roland Garros, João Fonseca eliminated Frenchman Luka Pavlovic (241), Croatian Dino Prizmic (72nd), Serbian Novak Djokovic (4th) and Norwegian Casper Ruud (16th).
This Tuesday (2), the Brazilian lost by 3 sets to 0 to Jakub Mensik, with partials of 6/4, 6/3 and 7/6.
This was João Fonseca’s best campaign in a Grand Slam. Furthermore, he broke a 22-year fast in Brazilian men’s tennis, which had not advanced to a quarterfinal since 2004, with Guga.
