Fonseca explains what happened in the last match against De Miñaur: "I just wanted to.."

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Joao Fonseca is experiencing a special moment. At 18 years old, the Brazilian is winning the hearts of many people with his breakthrough in the Top and Brazilian fans are completely thrilled about a possible future star for their tennis, after a long drought following the departure of Gustavo Kuerten. In Miami, we witnessed a great performance by Joao, who came very close to defeating one of the world's best, Alex de Miñaur.

There, the atmosphere in the stands made the match a very special duel, with some friction between the Australian and the audience. Pure sport. Speaking to the microphones of Ubitennis, Fonseca reflects on what these past weeks have been like for him, and he explained what happened in the final game of the match when he got the crowd to cheer for him in the closing stages.

About the atmosphere in the stands, with the Brazilian audience

Truly, I felt like I was in Brazil. Not only because of the audience, also the organizers made me feel like in Brazil. It's been amazing. This has become one of my favorite tournaments. I've learned that I'm on the right path. I played against some of the best on the circuit, and all these matches have been very beautiful. I am exactly where I want to be. Against De Miñaur, I played good tennis, but it came down to small details. I'm still learning; this is only my second year on the circuit.

Final moment, encouraging the crowd when he needed support to stay in the match 

Physically, I felt great. I just wanted to entertain the crowd a bit. I knew it might be my last few minutes in Miami, so I simply tried to have fun. When it was 30-15 in his favor, I heard the crowd chanting my name, so I thought, "Okay, give it a shot." I played a great point and made it 30-30, so I started asking the crowd to get into it, as maybe I could break his serve. I was excited, I wanted to enjoy the moment. I looked at my coach and laughed, just to have fun. Those moments are special too. It's my job, I know, but it's a job I love, so there are moments when you just want to have fun.

European clay court swing

Everything is new to me. I will live new experiences and will have to adapt. Obviously, I will play my tennis, an aggressive style that I hope you will get to know. I feel that on clay, it will be a very nice experience.

If he imagined it this way when he was younger

I think so, it's quite similar to how I imagined it. But when you watch tennis on TV, it almost seems like the best players just have fun and win, but it's not like that. There is a very long process before that. You have to play Futures tournaments, Challengers... and then you have to break into the Top 100. When I was young and watched tennis on TV, I would say to myself, "I want to get there." I thought it was easy, but it's not. Fortunately, I managed to get here quite quickly because I played very well in some tournaments. Now that I've made it, I must say that everything here is perfect: the food, the hospitality, everything. But before that, I can assure you it's not that easy.
 

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