30-06-2025
Tennis-Exciting Fonseca beats Fearnley to reach second round on debut
LONDON (Reuters) -Up-and-coming Brazilian Joao Fonseca knocked British hopeful Jacob Fearnley out in the first round at Wimbledon, with a 6-4 6-1 7-6(5) win on Monday, confirming his credentials as one of the most exciting young talents in tennis.
Fonseca, at 18 the youngest man in the men's singles draw and on his Wimbledon debut, used power and variety in his serve and his trademark brutal forehand to overpower 23-year-old Fearnley, who at 51 is ranked three places above the was the Brazilian's third victory over Fearnley this year and he capitalised on some nervous and erratic serving from the Briton, who produced 10 double faults in the match often at crucial rallied in the third set and forced a tiebreak but the cool-headed Brazilian pulled out two aces to bring up match point and won the game when the Briton put a return long.
(Reporting by Clare LovellEditing by Toby Davis)
