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Tennis: Fonseca wants to become world number one after brilliant 2024

# Tennis: Brazilian teenager Joao Fonceca became the youngest men’s player since Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz to crack the top 100. The 18-year-old improved from 651th to 99th in the world rankings last year. He won the Next Gen ATP Finals last month, and participated in his first Grand Slam tournament in Australia this month. Fonseco beat ninth-seeded Russian Andrey Rublev in the first round in Melbourne before losing to Italian Lorenzo Sonego in the second. He says he wants to become world number one.