The Brazilian tennis player João Fonseca advanced to the third round of the traditional Wimbledon Tournament, the third Grand Slam of the season, played on the sacred grass in London. It is currently number 27 in the world, the Rio office of the Dutchman Jasper de Jong (73rd without ranking), by 3 sets to 0, with matches of 6/1, 7/6 and 6/4, after 2h21 of play.
“I was one of the best games on the grass. It was really good how I moved, I batted with my forehand, I went to the net, I served and I also returned. I really felt like I was in the right place and I was [Jasper de Jong] “I know how to play on the grass, I played it hard and it was difficult, so I’m happy to get me to stay focused and focused on victory,” said Fonseca, in an interview on the quadra with ESPN, a station that has the transmission channels of the tournament in Brazil.
Head of boy number 24, Fonseca returns to the quadra in the sixth (03.07) to seek an unprecedented classification in the final round in his second participation in Wimbledon. The game schedule remains undefined. The 19-year-old tennis player from Rio will face the Russian Roman Safiullin (136th), who eliminated the Dutchman Botic Van de Zandschulp by 3 sets to 2. In the qualifier, the Russian defeated his compatriot Andrey Rublev, also by 3 sets to 2.
Fonseca projects a tight attack against Zandschulp in the next roll.
“It’s going to be a very difficult game. He is a complete player, also, in the game, who manages to play very quickly, plays very fast and wins against two very good players, either Rublev and now or Van Zandschulp. He focuses, every day getting better and better on the game and starting with everyone,” concluded the Brazilian.
Last year, Fonseca advanced to the third round, his best performance at Wimbledon, the oldest tennis tournament in the world – the first edition was in 1877. In the decisive game to classify his oitavas, the Brazilian was eliminated by Chilean Nicolas Jarry.