Brazil’s Joao Fonseca is set to see a career-high ranking after
an impressive outing at the ATP Challengers event. The 18-year-old, who is
already regarded as the one for the future, lifted the ATP 175 title in Phoenix
after beating Alexander Bublik in straight sets with a score of 7-6, 7-6.
With that win, Fonseca is now set to have a career-high
ranking. He will be the new world number 60 in the ATP rankings announced on
Monday. The win was an important one for Fonseca, who came into the competition on the back of a disappointing outing at the Indian Wells, where he was knocked out after losing in the second round to Britain’s Jack Draper in straight sets with a score of 6-4, 6-0.
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Despite that, Fonseca managed to turn things around quickly
and produced a brilliant performance in Phoenix, where he lost just one set in
the whole competition. He won the first-round encounter Pavel Kotov in straight
sets with a score of 6-2, 6-4. In the second round, the Rio de Janeiro-born
star defeated Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff with a score of 6-1, 4-6, 6-3.
In the quarterfinal, Fonseca defeated France’s Hugo Gaston
in straight sets with a score of 6-4, 6-4. In the semifinal, the youngster
managed to defeat the former world number four Kei Nishikori in straight sets
with a score of 6-3, 6-3. With that win, he becomes only the third South American
player to win three or more ATP Challengers titles aged 18 or under. Talking
after the match, Fonseca shared his happiness by highlighting that winning the
competition was ‘super, super hard’.
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“It is my third Challenger title, so just super happy with
this one,” said Fonseca. “This one was really important to me after losing to
[Jack] Draper last week. Having a good run at this Challenger, a 175, but it
could be like an ATP 250 by the ranking of the players, easily. It was super,
super hard.”
Azeem Siddiqui is a seasoned sports journalist and data analyst with a strong background in both digital media and live sports production.
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