Wimbledon: Fonseca moves into third round
Joao Fonseca edged out Jenson Brooksby 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday afternoon and will face Chilean qualifier Nicolas Jarry in the next round
Joao Fonseca (SPP/PSNewz)
Brazilian Joao Fonseca moved into the third round of Wimbledon by edging out American Jenson Brooksby 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Wednesday.
The 18-year-old is the youngest man to reach this stage of the tournament since Bernard Tomic in 2011.
Fonseca, ranked No 54, will play Chilean qualifier Nicolas Jarry next.
The 18-year-old Brazilian won against Jacob Fearnley (6-4, 6-1, 7-6 (5)) ahead of his victory.
In the previous round of The Championships, Brooksby, ranked No 101, defeated Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, the No 31 seed (6-2, 7-5, 6-3).
London (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 53.500.000, most recent results first):
- Jannik Sinner vs. Aleksandar Vukic
- Jack Draper vs. Marin Cilic
- Daniel Evans vs. Novak Djokovic
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Jesper De Jong
- August Holmgren vs. Tomas Machac
- Alex De Minaur vs. Arthur Cazaux
- Marcos Giron vs. Jakub Mensik
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Jack Pinnington Jones
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Jaume Munar
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
- Brandon Nakashima vs. Reilly Opelka
- Marton Fucsovics vs. Gael Monfils
- Ben Shelton vs. Rinky Hijikata
- Sebastian Ofner vs. Tommy Paul
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Corentin Moutet
- Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Mariano Navone
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Arthur Fery vs. Luciano Darderi
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Mattia Bellucci
- Kamil Majchrzak vs. Ethan Quinn
- Taylor Fritz vs. Gabriel Diallo
- Cristian Garin vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Jordan Thompson vs. Benjamin Bonzi: wednesday
- Oliver Tarvet vs. Carlos Alcaraz: wednesday
- Nuno Borges vs. Billy Harris: wednesday
- Andrey Rublev vs. Lloyd Harris: wednesday
- Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Karen Khachanov: wednesday
- Adrian Mannarino (Q) beat Valentin Royer (Q): 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (1)
- Nicolas Jarry beat Learner Tien: 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
- Cameron Norrie beat Frances Tiafoe (12): 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5
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