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Madrid – Joao Fonseka needs to rest his mind and reflect everything that happens to him.
It was very new for young Brazilian tennis players – media requests, new fans, appreciation of top players.
“We felt the time it was time and the time to reflect what happened is,” Fonseka, 18, said that who was quickly rose to the ATP rankings and was considered one of the most committed players in the sport.
“There has been a lot of change. I need time to rest my mind. It was an important break.”
Fonseka, who has been number 65 in the world for about a month after reaching the third round in Miami. He returned to Rio de Janeiro and tried to recharge after a continuous tournament at the end of last year and early this season.
He is playing at the Madrid Open, where he is expected to face Tommy Paul in the second round of the ATP 1000 Clay-Court tournament.
“Now a lot of people are talking about me … on the media, on the Internet,” said Fonseka. “I have to be based on more achievements in tennis and work hard. I have to focus on my subjects, not to expect from other people.”
Former player Andy Murray and Boris Baker, as well as four -time grand slam champion Carlos Alcaraz, were recently among the Brazilian admirers.
Fonseca won the first tour title in Buenos Aires in February, born in 2006 or became the first man after winning the ATP Trophy. He was the tenth youngest champion in the history of the ATP tour and the youngest South American player to win the ATP Tour Age (since the 5th).
Fonseca began to attract more attention after the next Jane ATP final win last December, a tournament that combines the best players of the season 20 or younger. He made the headline after reaching the second round at the Australian Open this year.
“Since the opening of the next Jane and the Australian has changed a lot,” he said. “I am more well known around the world.”
Fonseka was comfortable with Elmar Moller 21 in the first round of Madrid in a match at the Center Court.
“I’m getting more accustomed to this type of tournament and stadiums,” he said. “Today I was a little more experienced than other people. It is difficult to say because I was younger than that, but I already knew how to play in big stadiums, and I think it was for the first time and he was a bit more nervous.
Next Googa?
Fonseca has already won the French Open on 9 1997, 20 and 28, to encourage the world’s No. Gustavo “Googa” to encourage tennis in the Tennis.
Loud Brazilian fans are following Fonseka around the world with a lot of crowds in Madrid and Miami this year.
Fonseka said he didn’t want to consider the new Google. Instead, he is simply trying to focus on strict training and improvement.
“Thanks to me I have a great foundation, with relatives, friends and coaches who are helping me to keep my foot on the ground and to continue to work,” he said.
