{"id":807581,"date":"2026-07-17T09:46:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/807581\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T09:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:46:18","slug":"nick-kyrgios-backs-fonseca-for-grand-slam-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/807581\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Kyrgios Backs Fonseca For Grand Slam Glory\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nick Kyrgios believes Brazil\u2019s top-ranked player on the men\u2019s Tour has the ability to win multiple major titles in the future.<\/p>\n

The former Wimbledon runner-up praised Joao Fonseca ahead of their scheduled clash at the Ultimate Tennis Showdown in Rio on Friday. UTS is a tennis league co-founded by coach Patrick Mouratoglou and held in various places around the world. It differentiates itself by having different rules from standard tennis. This includes matches being made up of four quarters of eight minutes and the use of bonus cards that can earn players three points.<\/p>\n

Speaking<\/a>\u00a0to Tennis Majors earlier this week, Kyrgios described Fonseca as an \u2018incredible player\u2019 and praised his quick transition in the sport. Fonseca, who will turn 20 next month, has won two ATP events and been ranked as high as 24th so far in his career.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cFonseca has the potential to win multiple Grand Slams,\u201d\u00a0said Kyrgios.<\/p>\n

\u201cI look at his level, what he\u2019s been able to produce, how quick his transition has been \u2013 he\u2019s definitely got that X-factor, the work ethic, the level. I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if we\u2019re seeing him be a multiple Grand Slam champion.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the major events, Fonseca\u2019s best performance was at this year\u2019s French Open, where he defeated Novak Djokovic en route to the quarter-finals. Djokovic is the second top-10 player he has beaten at a Grand Slam after Andrey Rublev in the first round of the 2025 Australian Open. More recently, at Wimbledon, Fonseca was beaten in the third round by Roman Safiullin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201c(The goal) this year is more about defending points. I\u2019m not the type to get too caught up in that, and neither is my team,\u201d\u00a0Fonseca explained during an\u00a0interview<\/a>\u00a0with ESPN Brazil.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m more concerned with playing and doing what I need to do, focusing on my routine and what I need to improve. I know the results will come, but that\u2019s the focus.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course I have goals, but they\u2019re personal\u2014mine and my team\u2019s. They\u2019re about maturing, gaining experience, and continuing to evolve. That\u2019s what matters most.\u201d\u00a0He added.<\/p>\n

Whilst the future is bright for Fonseca, Kyrgios is keeping coy about his plans. The Australian returned to the Tour last month following a spell on the sidelines due to injury. Since returning, he has won one out of three singles matches played.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m feeling great. I\u2019ve been playing the last couple of weeks \u2013 Majorca, Halle, Stuttgart \u2013 and Wimbledon was great too. Just happy to be back at these events, and every week I\u2019m able to play now is a bonus,\u201d\u00a0he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI take it a week at a time. After this I\u2019m going to Washington, that\u2019s all I know right now. Not too sure about much more than that, but we\u2019ll see how we go.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Besides Kyrgios and Fonseca, the other players competing in the UTS event in Rio are\u00a0Guto Miguel, Francisco Cer\u00fandolo, Cameron Norrie, Tallon Griekspoor, Brandon Nakashima and Corentin Moutet. The event has a total prize money of \u00a31,237,000, with $400,000 going to the champion.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nick Kyrgios believes Brazil\u2019s top-ranked player on the men\u2019s Tour has the ability to win multiple major titles…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807582,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-807581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}