SAO PAULO, Sept 22 \u2014 Brazilian Joao Fonseca announced on Monday that he would \u201cskip the Asian swing\u201d in order to recover physically and mentally after a season of injury lows and on-court highs.<\/p>\n
The 20-year-old, one of the most promising young talents on the ATP tour, wrote on Instagram: \u201c2026 has been a very challenging year for me. On top of everything the profession demands, a series of injuries ended up taking me out of important tournaments and keeping me from playing the way I would like to.<\/p>\n
\u201cI talked a lot with my team, and we came to the conclusion that the best decision right now is to listen to my body, give my mind and body a break, and skip the Asian swing.\u201d<\/p>\n
After missing the US Open due to abdominal pain, Fonseca made his comeback last weekend during Brazil\u2019s 3-1 victory over Switzerland in the Davis Cup.<\/p>\n
He beat Dominic Stricker 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 to get his country off to a winning start in Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n
\u201cI made a huge effort to return and represent Brazil in the Davis Cup, but I still need more time,\u201d the world number 28 added.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know that\u2019s just part of an athlete\u2019s life, but even so, it\u2019s still frustrating.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fonseca will miss the ATP 500 event in Tokyo, which will run from September 30\u2013October 6, and the Shanghai Masters over the following fortnight.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, the South American suffered recurring back problems which led to his elimination in the first round of the Australian Open.<\/p>\n
Despite these issues, Fonseca has had some standout moments this season, such as his victory over Novak Djokovic in the third round of the French Open on his way to a debut quarter-final appearance at a Grand Slam. He also reached the third round at Wimbledon. \u2014 AFP\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAO PAULO, Sept 22 \u2014 Brazilian Joao Fonseca announced on Monday that he would \u201cskip the Asian swing\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":900754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[16232,13832,64,63,469436,43284,469437,48376,85,747],"class_list":["post-900753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-asian-swing","tag-atp-tour","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-brazil-davis-cup","tag-joao-fonseca","tag-rio-de-janeiro-victory","tag-shanghai-masters","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=900753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/900754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=900753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=900753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}