ATP Next-Gen Finals 2024- Jeddah

Who will win the tournament?

  • Fils

    Votes: 14 37.8%

  • Michelsen

    Votes: 3 8.1%

  • Mensik

    Votes: 6 16.2%

  • Shang

    Votes: 1 2.7%

  • Tien

    Votes: 3 8.1%

  • Van Assche

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Basavareddy

    Votes: 2 5.4%

  • Fonseca

    Votes: 8 21.6%

  • A reserve

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    37
Rovesciarete said:
Fonseca feels indeed like a blend of Alcaraz and Sinner, a new mix of qualities. A precocious player, less athletic than Carlos, shorter than Jannik, but surprisingly complete. His body reminds me of Federer and he slices well.

Some of his points had a Sinnesque quality of suffocating the lighter opposition, combining great movement with heavy weight from both wings and being able to finish points with screamers. However he was attacking much more, similar to Alcaraz and doing well at the net. First data indicates that he will do great in longer rallies, a mark of quality. This doesn't mean that he will be better than one or the other, but he has an excellent base to become a great player on all surfaces.

He might well lose against crafty Tien, but we have a star here.
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And Djokovic says Fonseca reminds of himself.
 
Aabye5 said:
Djokovic says everybody talented reminds him of himself…
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Fonseca has that IT FACTOR about him! He reminds me a lot of Alcaraz, just really exciting to watch!
 
Tournament dominated by the Brazilian.
Today Tien could have had a chance only if he had converted that set point in the tiebreak of the second set to take a 2-0 lead, for the rest, as in the group match, Fonseca's superiority was never in question.
Brazilian who played this anomalous tournament with a level well within the top 50.
Now there is a lot of curiosity to see what season he will be able to have in 2025, starting with the Australian Open where, however, if I'm not mistaken, he will have to go through the qualifications (I haven't read about a possible wild card).
The paradoxical thing is precisely the fact that seeing him in action in these Next-Gen Finals makes you wonder how he can have such a low ranking level, but we know that with young players you need patience and everyone has their own timing and development process.

A little star has been born who in a few years could join Sinneraz.
Positive for the globality of tennis that he represents a nation like Brazil and a continent like South America.
As well as positive for the popularity of tennis now orphaned by the big three that he has such a flashy very rock game.
I can't wait to enjoy the challenges between him and Sinner/Alcaraz in the future, hoping that in the meantime he maintains expectations that after this week will have skyrocketed even further.

Well done also to Tien, we will hear more and more about him in the future.
 
History shows that not every winner of the NextGen goes on to make it big on the main tour. For instance we all know what happened to Chung and has anybody heard from last year's winner, Medjedovic lately?

Hopefully Fonseca will follow in the tradition of Sincaraz and even Tsitsipas.
 
Mainad said:
History shows that not every winner of the NextGen goes on to make it big on the main tour. For instance we all know what happened to Chung and has anybody heard from last year's winner, Medjedovic lately?

Hopefully Fonseca will follow in the tradition of Sincaraz and even Tsitsipas.
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Chung faced a lot of injury challenges. Almost Delpo-level.

Medjedovic would be solidly in the top 10 if he could get some wildcards.
 
Aabye5 said:
Why can't he get a wildcard?
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Why should he? Why should Nakashima or Fonseca as well?
Most of the wildcards are given to local players wherever the tournament is being held. That was true for Medjedovic on his runner up campaign in Belgrade as well as for Fonseca in Rio.
The other situation in which wildcards are frequently given is when a player is seen as driving up revenue/viewership — and Medjedovic has yet to prove he can do it. When it comes to ultra aggressive, almost ball-basher players, it’s hard to make a case for the current Medjedovic vs Lehecka, Machac or Mensik (who has a much more rounded up game, to be fair). Right now I’d go with any of the three other guys.
 
guilhermefdc said:
Why should he? Why should Nakashima or Fonseca as well?
Most of the wildcards are given to local players wherever the tournament is being held. That was true for Medjedovic on his runner up campaign in Belgrade as well as for Fonseca in Rio.
The other situation in which wildcards are frequently given is when a player is seen as driving up revenue/viewership — and Medjedovic has yet to prove he can do it. When it comes to ultra aggressive, almost ball-basher players, it’s hard to make a case for the current Medjedovic vs Lehecka, Machac or Mensik (who has a much more rounded up game, to be fair). Right now I’d go with any of the three other guys.
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Because talent should warrant something in this sport. Local players should have a shot, too, but that shouldn't be the only factor.

If it was Medjedovic vs those three I wouldn't have problem, but it's not. I don't think Machac received many wildcards either, iirc.
 
Aabye5 said:
Still don't see anything. The overall draw was pretty weak.

But maybe Fonseca's the next big player.
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I know I'm a little late, but I couldn't watch the final live.

Fonseca played well, but I agree with @Aabye5 that there is a little too much hype around him. He's a nice player, and hits some fun and exciting shots, but he doesn't look exceptional in the way Alcaraz and Sinner did. The comparisons to Alcaraz seem particularly out of place to me, as Carlos is very different physically (and in terms of physicality), and definitely better away from the baseline, be it volleying or playing those cat & mouse points.

I also think Fonseca either needs to mature more physically, or get into slightly better shape, because I don't see his body holding up that well.
 
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