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\n Fonseca, Bergs, Lehecka take on cake in Brussels!<\/p>\n
Trio decorates treats to celebrate 10th edition of BNP Paribas Fortis European Open<\/p>\n
October 14, 2025<\/p>\n
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David Pintens\/Belga Mag\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Joao Fonseca decorates a cake on media day at the BNP Paribas Fortis European Open in Brussels.
\n By ATP Staff<\/p>\n
Life on the ATP Tour may require strict adherence to a healthy diet, but a trio of stars found themselves surrounded by sweet treats on Monday at the BNP Paribas Fortis European Open<\/a>. <\/p>\n #NextGenATP Brazilian Joao Fonseca<\/a>, home favourite Zizou Bergs<\/a> and Top 20 Czech Jiri Lehecka<\/a> were given a special task on media day in Brussels: Decorate a cake to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the indoor hard-court ATP 250. <\/p>\n Perhaps it was Bergs\u2019 experience growing up in a country renowned for its cakes, chocolate and other desserts that proved decisive, and the Belgian was crowned the winner by tournament director Dick Norman<\/a>. It was an early off-court \u2018triumph\u2019 in Brussels for the No. 39 in the PIF ATP Rankings, who will aim to back it up on the court Tuesday evening when he takes on his countryman Raphael Collignon<\/a> in the first round. <\/p>\n Meanwhile World No. 45 Fonseca, the 2024 Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF<\/a> champion, will play his first ATP 250 match indoors in the final match on the Tuesday schedule. In his most recent tour-level outing, the 19-year-old defeated Flavio Cobolli<\/a> on an indoor hard court at the Laver Cup<\/a>, and he is aiming to continue that form on his BNP Paribas Fortis European Open<\/a> debut against Botic van de Zandschulp<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u201cThis is my first time visiting Belgium, and I\u2019m really impressed by the city, the atmosphere, and the incredible views,\u201d Fonseca told europeanopen.be<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m very excited to play here. After a long season, I still feel fresh.\u201d <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brussels Fonseca, Bergs, Lehecka take on cake in Brussels! Trio decorates treats to celebrate 10th edition of BNP…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-200402","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-tennis","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Joao Fonseca\/Zizou Bergs<\/a>\/Jiri Lehecka<\/a>” style=”width: 100%;” src=”https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/-\/media\/images\/news\/2025\/10\/14\/10\/17\/fonseca-bergs-lehecka-brussels-2025-cakes.jpg”>
\nFonseca, Bergs and Lehecka with the cake competition’s judge, Brussels tournament director Dick Norman<\/a>. Photo Credit: Belga Mag. <\/p>\nJoao Fonseca\/Zizou Bergs<\/a>\/Jiri Lehecka<\/a>” style=”width: 100%;” src=”https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/-\/media\/images\/news\/2025\/10\/14\/10\/20\/fonseca-bergs-lehecka-brussels-2025-media-day.jpg”>
\nThe three players also visited one of Brussels’ most famous landmarks, the Atomium. <\/p>\n