Despite looking increasingly at home on the game’s biggest stages, Fonseca says he’s still processing his vertigo-inducing climb up the rankings. At this time last year, the teen was competing at ATP Challenger events in South America and ranked outside the Top 300; now, he sits at a new career-high world No. 60, and is tipped by the tennis world as one to watch with his Top 50 debut seeming to be right around the corner.
“Things happened very fast. I mean, going from juniors and then winning the US Open, and then after to the pros. Everything got very, very, very crazy in a short time. And, well, here I am,” he reflected.
“I say that things in my career happen too fast, and are still happening. I’m still trying to process everything, but enjoying every moment.”
Fonseca will be back in action on Saturday, as he faces No. 19 seed Ugo Humbert in the Miami Open second round.
