Australian Open: young Brazilian Joao Fonseca sweeps world number 9 Andrey Rublev in the first round

Quarter-finalist in Melbourne in 2024, Rublev was dominated 7-6 (7/1), 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) in 2 hours 23 of play.

A few days before the first Grand Slam of the season, Rublev (27) had already been ousted from the start at the ATP 250 in Hong Kong, where he was the defending champion.

At 18, Fonseca, nicknamed the “little Sinner” in Brazil, played his first match in the final draw of a Grand Slam tournament on Tuesday.

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In the second round he will face the Italian Lorenzo Sonego (55th), who beat the Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka (156th) on Tuesday, winner in Melbourne in 2014 and beneficiary of an invitation from the organizers, 6-4, 5-7, 7- 5, 7-5.