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Novak Djokovic: I`m a fan of Fonseca`s game. I`ve followed his progress and I like the way he plays important plays. 17.01.2025

Novak Djokovic praised the prospects of 18-year-old Joao Fonseca. Yesterday, the Brazilian beat Andrey Rublev in three sets at the Australian Open.
I met him for the first time literally five minutes before this press conference. I congratulated him not only on yesterday’s victory, which I saw because I watched the third set, but also on all the results over the past six months or a year. I`ve followed his progress and I like the way he plays big plays. He is a brave all-round player with very clean shots.
Brazil is a huge country. It is very important to have a strong tennis player from Brazil. They haven`t had a player of this level since Guga Kuerten. It`s an exciting time for Brazil and the tennis world because it`s impressive for such a young player to be able to play so well at a major tournament.
I`m a fan of his game. I watched him last year. I think in one of the ATP interviews I said that I see something of myself in his game, especially when I was his age, when you freely take risks, just showing what you can do. He has great potential. He showed it last night on one of the biggest courts. If he continues to play like this, he will definitely have a great future ahead of him.


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