{"id":465547,"date":"2026-05-29T04:59:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/465547\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T04:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:59:14","slug":"fonseca-sets-dream-djokovic-clash-at-roland-garros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/465547\/","title":{"rendered":"Fonseca sets dream Djokovic clash at Roland Garros"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fonseca arrived at this point of the tournament after a thrilling win over fellow rising star Dino Prizmic.<\/p>\n<p>Amid an electric atmosphere on Court 14, Fonseca recovered from two-sets-to-love down to win the first five-set match of his career.<\/p>\n<p>Prizmic had been just one set away from setting up a Rome rematch against Djokovic, a few weeks after overcoming his idol at the Foro Italico to continue his impressive rise.<\/p>\n<p>Yet with Fonseca\u2019s victory, the Brazilian maintained his own upward trajectory, after earlier in 2026 struggling with injury and form.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ausopen.com\/articles\/news\/joao-fonseca-aiming-finals-against-sinner-and-alcaraz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JOAO FONSECA: Aiming for finals against Sinner and Alcaraz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very happy the way that I stayed positive, the way that I stayed with the good mentality,\u201d Fonseca said after beating Prizmic 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-1 6-2. \u201cMy physique went well, and I got through after two sets down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fonseca\u2019s 2026 surge began at Indian Wells, where he powered into the fourth round then pushed Sinner to the limit in two tight tiebreaks. At his next event in Miami, it was Alcaraz who ended his campaign in straight sets.<\/p>\n<p>Next came quarterfinals in Monte Carlo and Munich, before his latest wins in Paris \u2013 progress Djokovic has observed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFonseca has been praised so much in the last couple of years. I think his potential and quality as a tennis player is obvious,\u201d Djokovic said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got big Brazilian support anywhere he goes. I think he\u2019s a big-stage player. He really loves the occasion, loves to play night sessions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fonseca arrived at this point of the tournament after a thrilling win over fellow rising star Dino Prizmic.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-465547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}