João Foncesa goes to Wimbledon. The Brazilian hitter of the Dutch Jesper de Jong (number 73 in the ranking) by 3 sets to 0 (matches of 6-1, 7-5 and 6-4) and advanced to the third round of the British Grand Slam. Now, Fonseca faces the winner between Roman Safiullin and Botic van de Zandschulp. In 2025, the Brazilian fell in the third round of the tournament after the defeat of the Chilean Nicholas Jarry by 3 sets to 1.
In his second participation in the tournament, we will try to extend his positive sequence in Grand Slams after being the first Brazilian after Guga to reach the quarterfinals of the Roland Garros final, in June.
Even though the grass is not his favorite floor, João, number 27 in the ATP ranking, showed good adaptation to the London floor, even after his preparation on the grass was altered by the elimination in the first round of the ATP 500 in Halle and his withdrawal from the ATP 250 in Eastbourne due to inconvenience not being directly involved.
