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JACK'S GLAD AS HE SWEEPS ASIDE TEEN
Sunday Mercury
|June 01, 2025
JACK Draper extended his stay in Paris into the second week after sweeping aside Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca to reach the fourth round of the French Open.
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The British number one out-thought and outmuscled his 18-year-old opponent, thudding 32 winners in a commanding 6-2 6-4 6-2 victory in just an hour and 46 minutes.
"I played good, the first set was really key," he said. "I got on top of him and used my forehand really well.
"Mentally it was a good performance from me today. I'm happy to be in the second week here and hopefully there's more to come."
Fonseca is a precocious talent who brings a huge, noisy contingent of supporters from his homeland wherever he goes.
There were fans in the famous yellow football shirts dotted all around Court Suzanne-Lenglen and they were making themselves heard throughout the early stages.
But Draper, who dealt with a partisan crowd when he beat 38-year-old Frenchman Gael Monfils on Thursday night, dampened the South American enthusiasm as he raced away with the first set in just half-an-hour.
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