Brazilian fans follow Fonseca everywhere.

No. 3 Court at Wimbledon today was taken over by color and noise.

Specifically, the color yellow—fans in Brazilian jerseys—and their chanting “Jo-ão Fon-se-ca! Jo-ão Fon-se-ca!”

Fonseca gave them reason to celebrate, beating Dutchman Jesper de Jong in straight sets: 6-1, 7-5, 6-4.

(Photo: AELTC)

The 19-year-old sensation hit 38 winners, served 12 aces, and committed three double faults. On serve, he won 76% of first-serve points and 54% of second-serve points.
Fonseca controlled the match with his spectacular forehand, hitting 15 winners from that wing.

In his post-match press conference, Fonseca said: “Yeah, good match today. Felt really good on court. One of the best matches I had on grass so far. Felt good, movement on court.

“And, yeah, serve, return, doing well the transition to the net. And, yeah, the mentality was good today. Since the beginning, putting a lot of pressure on Jesper, and it felt really good today.”
Fonseca also spoke about the importance of being brave on grass.

“You need to focus and you need to have courage with the movement on court. You can’t be afraid to do movement and slide. I don’t know, you need to feel good on court, like, with movement.
“And also, you need to be brave, because if you don’t do the ball, the ball is going to get to you, and sometimes you’re going to hit the ball just behind you and get a miss. So, you need to always be brave doing the ball.

“So, yeah, it’s a surface that you need to, you have less opportunities to break the guy, and the guy has less opportunities to break you. It’s a very fast surface, and you need to be, all the time, you need to be very focused.”

Fonseca was asked about the pockets of yellow, green, and blue in the crowd, as well as the chanting and singing.

“Yeah,” Fonseca said, “I mean, today I had a chance to play on Stadium 3 and knew it was going to be a lot of Brazilians, actually. Yeah, the vibe was great. The atmosphere was amazing.
“Yeah, very happy the way that the Brazilians showed today. Yeah, very happy they are here to support, and hopefully they’ll be here for the third round, as well.”