The younger Brazilian rising star Joao Fonseca certified this week for the Subsequent Gen ATP Finals and may’t wait to measure himself in opposition to the strongest tennis gamers of his era.
This would be the subsequent final necessary occasion of the season, which can see the most effective eight younger gamers of 2024 on stage. From 18 to 22 December the occasion might be performed in Jeddah.
An occasion that has seen Stefanos Tsitsipas, Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz triumph over time, who later grew to become protagonists on the ATP Tour. Those that punched the cross for the brand new version of the event had been Arthur Fils, Alex Michelsen, Jakub Mensik, Juncheng Shang, Learner Tien, Luca Van Assche, Nishesh Basavareddy and the younger Brazilian.
Fonseca has reiterated on multiple event that he desires to observe his personal path with out evaluating himself to another participant.
“I feel I am fairly mature and that is because of the sport. I am rising quick. It is my first 12 months as an expert, I journey quite a bit. It isn’t straightforward not with the ability to see my household and buddies so usually, but it surely’s my job, so I’ve to get used to it.
On this final 12 months I’ve proven that I’ve grown each mentally and bodily. Initially of the season I used to be quantity 700 on the earth. I noticed that I used to be actually good once I gained the US Open Junior final 12 months. I considered going to varsity, I had dedicated to UVA in Virginia, however after the event in Rio de Janeiro I could not say no to the skilled circuit.
One of many targets this season was to play the Subsequent Gen ATP Finals, compete in opposition to the opposite 7 greatest gamers underneath 20. I do not like to check myself to different gamers, I need to be myself,” he defined in an interview with ATP.
