No. 112-ranked Joao Fonseca will meet No. 55 Lorenzo Sonego in the Australian Open Round of 64 on Wednesday, January 15.In his last time out, Fonseca was defeated by Eliot Spizzirri 6-7, 7-6, 4-6

Fonseca was part of the 2024 lineup alongside Fils and Luca Van Assche of France; Michelsen, eventual finalist Learner Tien and Nishesh Basavareddy of the U.S.; Jakub Mensik of the Czech Republic and Shang Juncheng of China, who also goes by his Americanized name, Jerry Shang.

The 18-year-old qualifier became the talk of the town after beating ninth seed Andrey Rublev in the first round. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Teenage rising star Joao Fonseca said nerves got the better of him after being bundled out of the Australian Open 2025 by Italian Lorenzo Sonego in a five-set thriller on Thursday. The highly rated Brazilian,

Joao Fonseca definitively introduced himself to the world as the latest teen sensation in men’s tennis, upsetting No. 9 seed Andrey Rublev in the first round of the Australian Open.

The 18-year-old produced a stunning first-round victory over world number nine Andrey Rublev in the first round in Melbourne before losing in five sets to Lorenzo Sonego at the next stage

Fonseca has long looked like a star-in-waiting. Under pressure in his first Grand Slam set, he delivered beyond those lofty expectations

While Fonseca appears on a trajectory to match it with the likes of Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, it was Beatriz Haddad Maia who laid the groundwork for the Brazilian party as she put away Erika Andreeva in straight sets to move into the third round.

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

Italy's Lorenzo Sonego beat Brazilian Joao Fonseca, widely considered the rising star of international tennis, 6-7 6-3 6-1 3-6 6-3 on Thursday to reach the third round of the Australian Open. Lorenzo Musetti is also in the third round after beating Canadian Denis Shapovalov 7-6,