LONDON — On a bench at Wimbledon sits Goran Ivanisevic, the 2001 champion and now a seasoned coach. With Ivaniesevic, an entertaining interview is always guaranteed. He believes, for example, that many tennis players sustain themselves by taking antidepressants. “When
LONDON – Joao Fonseca and Nicolás Jarry will face off in the third round of Wimbledon, with the stands expected to be loud and lively. “I know Chilean fans are very loud too, just like the Brazilians,” Fonseca said to
LONDON – Carlos Alcaraz and Joao Fonseca trained together this Saturday at Wimbledon, and the two-time champion of the tournament already sees the Brazilian as his protégé. “He already knows that if he has any doubts or anything he wants
PARIS — Green and yellow shirts all over Roland Garros. Chants in Portuguese echoing like in a football stadium. Long queues just to catch a glimpse of Joao Fonseca at the cathedral of clay-court tennis. Brazilians are once again bringing
Jakub Mensik met Lionel Messi, defeated his idol Novak Djokovic in a final, and celebrated his Miami Masters 1000 title at a nightclub where rapper 50 Cent performed. It’s hard to imagine a more spectacular weekend in Miami for a
RIO DE JANEIRO – Gustavo Kuerten grabs his arm and says: “I’ve got goose bumps”. He is talking about Joao Fonseca. And Kuerten opens his eyes, smiles and says without hesitation: he would have been incapable of winning Roland Garros
RIO DE JANEIRO – The children crowd against the glass, open their eyes wide and ask enthusiastically, vociferously: ‘How’s Fonseca doing, how’s the game going?’. It is Sunday 16th February 2025 in Rio de Janeiro, those children, dozens and dozens
BUENOS AIRES – When I see Joao Fonseca playing, when I see him become champion in Buenos Aires, winning his first ATP title, the first thing I think about is how good he is. Yes, how good he is! And
MELBOURNE – It wasn’t Brad Gilbert’s ‘winning ugly’ that he needed, because he wouldn’t know how to do it, but Joao Fonseca came up just short of passing a test of maturity in Australia on Thursday: winning by playing badly.
MELBOURNE – On the night the tennis world recognised him as the sport’s newest star, Joao Fonseca was speechless. ‘If I were to travel to Brazil and I wanted to buy your talent, how much money would I need?’ asked
The greatest threat to disrupting the duopoly of Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz in the near future is an 18-year-old Brazilian. Joao Fonseca, the new kid on the block, is the most promising teenager in the men’s tennis tour. “I
Joao Fonseca is aiming high, as high as to follow in the footsteps of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner: “I look at their rivalry and that’s where I want to go. I want to be like them, I want to
