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Fonseca shocks Djokovic in a 5-set thriller in the French Open
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The Brazilian eliminated Nole from the Roland-Garros.

Joao Fonseca was trailing 2-0 sets against Novak Djokvocic, but in the end won 3-2 after almost 5 hours in Paris and advanced to the 1/8 finals of the French Open.

Nole was considered a hidden favorite for the title after Jannik Sinner was eliminated yesterday from Roland-Garros, but now we will see a new Grand Slam champion after Carlos Alcaraz also can’t win the title because is injured.

Everything was perfect for the Serbian, who won the opening 2 sets, but things went wrong after that as he failed to win any of the next 3 and was eliminated from the tournament.

In the 4th set, Djokovic was serving to lead 6-5 and secure at least a tiebreak, but Fonseca broke his serve and after that won the set 7-5.

The same thing happened in the 5th set when Nole again was serving for a 6-5 lead, but the Brazilian broke his serve and after that, with 3 aces in a row, secured the set and the victory in the match, as that, without a doubt, is the biggest triumph for Fonseca in his career so far.