Joao Fonseca risponde ai paragoni con Roger Federer in vista degli Internazionali d'Italia

Il tennista brasiliano diciannovenne Joao Fonseca ha parlato della pressione derivante dal paragone con Roger Federer mentre si prepara per gli Internazionali d'Italia a Roma.

Fonseca ha dichiarato che le aspettative inizialmente sembravano opprimenti. Ha descritto come i tifosi e gli osservatori abbiano rapidamente dato per scontato che sarebbe diventato la prossima superstar globale quasi da un giorno all'altro. I paragoni lo hanno accompagnato durante l'inizio della sua carriera professionistica, aggiungendo peso a ogni partita e a ogni risultato.

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