Patrick Mouratoglou reveals the chatter within the locker room is that Joao Fonseca might be a top-10 participant by the top of this season as Serena Williams’ ex-coach shares he’s additionally a fan of the Brazilian’s sport but in addition his character.
After successful the Subsequent Gen ATP Finals in Jeddah, the 18-year-old continued his successful streak at first of 2025 after successful the Canberra Challenger after which additionally successful three qualifying matches to earn a important draw spot on the Australian Open.
In his Grand Slam debut, Fonseca was handed a reasonably powerful opening match as he drew world No. 10.
However was no subject for the rising Brazilian star, who was firing from all cylinders and utterly outgunned the Russian en path to registering a powerful 7-6 (1) 6-3 7-6 (5) win.
Joao Fonseca© Australian Open/X – Honest Use
Through the win, the present world No. 99 fired a shocking 51 winners and in addition had 14 aces.
Whereas his 14-match successful streak got here to an finish within the Australian Open second spherical versus Lorenzo Sonego, the rising star already bought main consideration from the tennis world and noticed some huge predictions being made about him.
Mouratoglou: I hear gamers saying Fonseca goes to be a top-10 earlier than the top of 2025
“His personality is like a sun, he’s shining, very good serve, very good backhand, forehand, literal bomb, I mean he hit a forehand at 180kmh, the fastest of the [Australian Open] tournament,” the French coach said in a video uploaded on his Instagram.
“He has the fire in the racket but he has the fire also in his personality, you see that the guy wants it and you can feel his ambition, his ambition is huge…
“Now the pressure is coming up already for him because what he has achieved already puts him on a spot.
“I hear players saying already that Fonseca is going to be top ten before the end of the season.
“Imagine the progression that people see him do in such a short period of time, so let’s see how he will react.”
This previous weekend, the Brazilian performed his first matches because the Australian Open.
On Saturday, he was overwhelmed by Ugo Humbert in a Davis Cup match in France.
The next day, he misplaced to Arthur Fils.
