Brazil is more than excited about the future of the young Joao Fonseca, an 18-year-old tennis player who has just defeated Andrey Rublev, the world’s number 9, at the Australia Open. With a score of 7-6 (7-1 in tie break), 6-3 and 7-6 (7-5 in tie break). Fonseca managed to overcome the first round of this important tournament and also, in passing, broke the record of the members of the Big 3, because with his victory at 18 years and four months, he managed to be the youngest to beat a member of the top 10 in a Grand Slam, For Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic achieved it at 19 years old.
The current winner of the Next Gen ATP Finals hopes to put the name of Brazil at the top of tennis.
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