Joao Fonseca: Brazilian tennis miracle wins the first ATP tournament!

Joao Fonseca: Brazilian tennis miracle wins the first ATP tournament!

In a spectacular finale, the Brazilian tennis tennis talented Joao Fonseca celebrated its first ATP victory on Sunday. The 18-year-old triumphed at the ATP-2550 tournament in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires and defeated the local heroes Francisco Cerúndolo 6: 4, 7: 6 (7: 1). This impressive victory not only means a prize money of around $ 100,000 for the young star, but also catapults it to the 68th place in the world rankings. This makes Fonseca the youngest South American who has won a tournament in this category since the ATP tour in 1990, such as nord24.de reported.

The course of the game had the audience cheered when Fonseca, who had already noticed his talent in recent months, demonstrated his dominance on the clay court. As a reminder: Fonseca had only won the Next gen finals in Saudi Arabia in December and also caused a sensation at the Australian Open in January by threw the top player Andrej Rubljow out of the tournament. The tennis legend Boris Becker, who congratulated him on social media, did not remain hidden. "History was written," wrote Becker with enthusiasm and recommended that the fans pay attention to the young Brazilian, because "everything is possible". This underlines the high expectations and perspectives that many experts expect for Fonseca, such as laola1.at confirm.