{"id":443,"date":"2026-05-29T22:43:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T22:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=443"},"modified":"2026-05-29T22:43:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T22:43:13","slug":"teen-sensation-fonseca-comes-of-age-by-taming-djokovic-at-french-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=443","title":{"rendered":"Teen sensation Fonseca comes of age by taming Djokovic at French Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><div><ul><li>Summary<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div><\/div><\/div><div>PARIS, May 29 (Reuters) &#8211; Novak Djokovic&#8217;s latest bid to claim a record 25th Grand Slam title \u200bwas left in tatters after his 4-6 4-6 6-3 7-5 7-5 third-round defeat by Brazilian teen sensation Joao Fonseca at the French Open on Friday.<\/div><div>Djokovic&#8217;s \u200cdefeat means the 39-year-old Serb&#8217;s wait to go past Margaret Court&#8217;s mark will continue in the twilight of his glorious career, and also further opens up the draw in Paris a day after world number one Jannik Sinner&#8217;s shock exit.<\/div><div>Victory in an epic clash lasting seven minutes short of five hours ensured Fonseca became the first teenager to beat Djokovic in a Grand Slam match as he announced himself as \u200banother genuine contender to claim a maiden major crown.<\/div><div>&#8220;I actually didn&#8217;t believe I could win the match, I just played and enjoyed being on the court. What \u200ban idol we have and what a pleasure it was to step on the court against him, so I thank him. I&#8217;m very \u2060happy,&#8221; Fonseca said.<\/div><div>&#8220;I was just trying to hit the ball as fast as I could, I mean Djokovic doesn&#8217;t miss and we still think he&#8217;s 20. At the end of \u200bthe match he was more fit than me, which is crazy and when the day was getting darker I felt much slower.<\/div><div>&#8220;In the beginning I was struggling with the heat \u200band not feeling good.&#8221;<\/div><div>Fonseca dedicated the hard-fought win to his mother, who was beaming in the stands on her birthday, while Djokovic walked off to a standing ovation from 15,000 fans and hailed his young opponent in his press conference later.<\/div><div>&#8220;Incredible match to be part of. Obviously a tough one for me to lose, being two sets to love up, but huge credit to Joao for really deserving to win the match,&#8221; \u200bDjokovic said.<\/div><div>&#8220;I think he, without a doubt, was the better player in important moments in those crucial fourth and fifth sets. Some amazing exchanges and points. He just found incredible \u200bshots, lines. It was just amazing from his side.<\/div><div>&#8220;Not great for me to be facing a player playing at such a level, but I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve done too much wrong with my \u200cgame. It&#8217;s just \u2060that he was just better.&#8221;<\/div><div>While Djokovic was less sure about his return next year, Roland Garros was assured a first-time major winner, with holder Carlos Alcaraz skipping the tournament due to a wrist injury and Sinner going down early.<\/div><div>&#8220;He definitely has the potential to do that,&#8221; Djokovic added of Fonseca&#8217;s chances.<\/div><div>A week after turning 39, Djokovic began strongly and played like a younger version of himself as he comfortably won five of the opening six games and put down a marker in the first set on a sun-drenched Court Philippe Chatrier.<\/div><div>The Serb produced a stunning lob, a \u200bcouple of heavy forehand winners and two \u200bdelightful drops in that spell, almost schooling \u2060his 19-year-old opponent on the art of playing on Parisian clay, and wrapped up the set after a late Fonseca comeback attempt.<\/div><div>Fonseca, who was still in his crib when Djokovic lifted his first Grand Slam title at the 2008 Australian Open, went toe-to-toe with his senior \u200bcolleague in the next set only to drop his serve in the fifth game.<\/div><div>It was the opening Djokovic needed, and the \u200bthird seed took full control, \u2060letting out a roar when he went up 5-3 and pumping his fists after he closed out the set with a sharp passing shot through the middle.<\/div><div>Fonseca raised his level to pull a set back and then broke early in the fourth, drawing thunderous applause from his fans, before levelling up the match at two sets all with some fiery ball-striking that at times \u2060left Djokovic in \u200bdisbelief.<\/div><div>The Brazilian came from 1-3 down in the decider and showed nerves of steel to stay level after \u200b10 games and then break for a 6-5 lead, which gave him the perfect platform to close out a famous victory with three straight aces.<\/div><div>&#8220;I just believed I could do the aces, it was crazy,&#8221; Fonseca said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve \u200bnever done that before. I&#8217;m super happy that I could finish like this.<\/div><div>&#8220;I felt like John Isner.&#8221;<\/div><div>Fonseca faces Tommy Paul or Casper Ruud on Sunday.<\/div><div><address><div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Shrivathsa Sridhar\" class=\"wp-image-442\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/162346878756e17de3863be1c3c673ef.avif\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><div>Shrivathsa Sridhar<\/div><\/div><div><ul><li><span><div><svg><title>Email<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>X<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>Linkedin<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/address><\/div><\/div><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=440\">US judge questions scope of Trump\u2019s power to impose $100,000 H-1B visa fee<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=437\">Poison frontman Bret Michaels is latest artist to withdraw from Freedom 250 concerts<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=435\">US travel group warns closing Newark airport to international travel could cost $8 billion annually<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Novak Djokovic&#8217;s latest \u200bbid to claim \u200ca record 25th Grand Slam title was \u200bleft in tatters \u200bafter his \u200bthird-round defeat by \u200bBrazilian teen sensation Joao Fonseca.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[93],"class_list":["post-443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-tennis"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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