Joao Fonseca is already in the Top 100 but his ceiling is too far away

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He didn’t get nervous, he didn’t hesitate and he celebrated big on a big stage. Joao Fonseca scored a triumph against Andrey Rublev and had his first time at the Australian Open.

But… why is there talk of an extraordinary success? Because he is the first teenager to defeat a Top 10 ATP in straight sets in a Grand Slam event since… Just his defeated (to Grigor Dimitrov at the 2017 US Open).

Additionally, he is the second to defeat a top 10 opponent on the planet in his first Major main draw match after Mario Ancic to a certain Roger Federer at Wimbledon 2002).

It will be Top 100 from the next publication of the world ranking but the ceiling is much further away. Trained by Guilherme Teixeira, he will face the Italian Lorenzo Sonego in the second round, who left the Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka behind.

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