Two weeks after stunning world no. 9 Andrey Rublev at the Australian Open, the Brazilian Joao Fonseca cracked the top-100! At 18 years and five months, Joao is the youngest top-100 player to enter the elite group since Carlos Alcaraz in October 2021.

In the recent years, Daniil Medvedev, Taylor Fritz, Andrey Rublev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and even Alexander Zverev have not been lived up to their billing.

1573 Arena has LIFT OFF 🛫 Joao Fonseca sends the crowd wild after claiming the first set tiebreak 7-6 (6) against Sonego! 🇧🇷 #AusOpen • #AO2025 pic.twitter.com/X6KZclRq3k

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Joao Fonseca delivered what he described as a 'rude' response to Novak Djokovic 's comments after becoming the breakthrough star of the Australian Open. Fonseca delivered a sensational display to stun Andrey Rublev in straight sets, beating the world No. 9 7-6 (1), 6-3, 7-6 (5) in the opening round on Tuesday.

Backed by a raucous Brazilian contingent on Court 1573, Fonseca took the hour-long opener in the decider, eventually clinching set point at the fourth time of asking

Dating back to the last 52 weeks, Sinner has won 52 of 55 matches on the hard-court surface—losing only to Carlos Alcaraz twice and Andrey Rublev in the 2024 Cincinnati Open—a match in which he was struggling with fitness and still forced a decisive ...

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Brazilian tennis prodigy Joao Fonseca, one of the breakout stars of the 2025 Australian Open, has revealed who inspired him to take up the sport.

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