The chilled, off court, Fonseca already counts 1.2 million followers on Instagram. Everywhere he plays, his supporters — many decked out in Brazilian soccer jerseys — show up early and line up for autographs.
“I love the support from the fans,” Fonseca said. “I love children and kids coming by, asking for autographs, asking for photos. Just super nice, so I just try to act in the normal way and in a positive way.”
Besides, he added, “I need to get used to this, where I want to be, Top 1, Top 5 in the world, win Grand Slams, this is going to be more usual.”
For now, he reached the fourth round at a Masters 1000 for the first time, topping Paul in his cleanest performance of the tournament so far.
His recent back injury appears to be behind him.
