Joao Fonseca's Brutal Forehand

[Deleted member 806402]

Let us celebrate Joao Fonseca's W at the Lexington Challenger with a small compilation of his devastating forehand.

His groundstrokes aesthetics and biomechanics are supreme.

Fonseca — Death of a Backhand — Indian Wells Draw Preview

backhands — aesthetics — predictions

hughclarke.substack.com

His forehand stance is iconic.
Kamehameha stance.

And here's more from the Rio Open.

https://www.tiktok.com/video/7338757277375106336

Joao is such a good prospect. A breath of fresh air after a decade of biomechanic mediocrity. An ode to the GOOD TENNIS.
He got #thatPOWER

 

[FeroBango]

Mirror of the Sinner FH. Wish it wasn't the case for my personal aesthetic preference but it works so it works!

 

[Deleted member 806402]

Mirror of the Sinner FH. Wish it wasn't the case for my personal aesthetic preference but it works so it works!

Sinner who? Fonseca's technique is unlike any previous nextgen. Heavy racquet head, broad swing, springy legwork, big power.

 

[FeroBango]

Sinner who? Fonseca's technique is unlike any previous nextgen. Heavy racquet head, broad swing, springy legwork, big power.

Okay Sincaraz hybrid, where the Sinner sticks out to me, at least with his next-gen kinda non-straight-arm action.

 

[InsuranceMan]

Mirror of the Sinner FH. Wish it wasn't the case for my personal aesthetic preference but it works so it works!

Which mirror are you looking at lol

 

[Zardoz7/12]

17 years old, talented, top 200 as of now.

If you're 17 in the top 200 usually that's a sign that you're going to be at least a top 30 player.

 

[FrankyRelax]

Looks like Fernando Gonzalo's brutal forehand a bit. I approve

 

[FeroBango]

Which mirror are you looking at lol

Yeah I may have to take another look. I'm yet to check out the clips in the OP but a few of his Challengers matches I've watched of his have given me the impression. I may be wrong (or right!).

 

[objection_]

Let us celebrate Joao Fonseca's W at the Lexington Challenger with a small compilation of his devastating forehand.

His groundstrokes aesthetics and biomechanics are supreme.

Fonseca — Death of a Backhand — Indian Wells Draw Preview

backhands — aesthetics — predictions

hughclarke.substack.com

His forehand stance is iconic.
Kamehameha stance.

And here's more from the Rio Open.

https://www.tiktok.com/video/7338757277375106336

Joao is such a good prospect. A breath of fresh air after a decade of biomechanic mediocrity. An ode to the GOOD TENNIS.
He got #thatPOWER

forehand takeback reminds me of 05 fed in that pic

 

[timmyy]

Mirror of the Sinner FH. Wish it wasn't the case for my personal aesthetic preference but it works so it works!

Uh... no.

 

[Lleytonstation]

Where is he from?

 

[timmyy]

Where is he from?

Rio de Janeiro

 

[Lleytonstation]

Rio de Janeiro

 

[KingCarlitos]

Definitely hard for a 17 yr old, He will get stronger and his forehand will become even more lethal.

 

[Deleted member 806402]

Yeah I may have to take another look. I'm yet to check out the clips in the OP but a few of his Challengers matches I've watched of his have given me the impression. I may be wrong (or right!).

Don't forget to watch the music video too.

 

[timmyy]

Actually it's Brasil.

 

[KingCarlitos]

Actually it's Brasil.

Thanks for correcting our sin.

 

[McGradey]

A shame we won't be seeing more of this at the USO:

Some of the most satisfying crunched forehands ever. Wow.

 

[NeutralFan]

Meh, son!! Come back to me when he starts playing masters first.

 

[Shaolin]

Might still get into USO as a LL.

 

[norcal]

Great match with Spizzirri! Fonseca's a beast for sure, first time I've seen him.

 

[Deleted member 806402]

A shame we won't be seeing more of this at the USO:

Some of the most satisfying crunched forehands ever. Wow.

I think his playstyle is too taxing. Perhaps he needs a lighter racquet or some way of allocating effort more efficiently between his shots.
Swinging Mjölnir all day long is unsustainable.
Also, his ground strokes are abnormally fine tuned which I'm certain takes up extra attention/bandwidth in his mind.

 

[Hitman]

Work in progress, but he has tons of talent, and not just on that forehand side. He's got good hands also.

 

[Nole Ivanisevic]

Fonsecas Forehand Cocktail:A mix of Delpo and Courier with a tiny amount of Albert Costa.

 

[McGradey]

I think his playstyle is too taxing. Perhaps he needs a lighter racquet or some way of allocating effort more efficiently between his shots.
Swinging Mjölnir all day long is unsustainable.
Also, his ground strokes are abnormally fine tuned which I'm certain takes up extra attention/bandwidth in his mind.

The thing is, he probably becomes a better more successful player by being a bit more boring. Great for him if he does that, but there is something very raw and compelling in his game that’s just awesome to watch. As a spectator I hope he keeps that devil may care attitude. Pure entertainment.

 

[Vincent-C]

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Let us celebrate Joao Fonseca's W at the Lexington Challenger with a small compilation of his devastating forehand.

His groundstrokes aesthetics and biomechanics are supreme.

Fonseca — Death of a Backhand — Indian Wells Draw Preview

backhands — aesthetics — predictions

hughclarke.substack.com

His forehand stance is iconic.
Kamehameha stance.

And here's more from the Rio Open.

https://www.tiktok.com/video/7338757277375106336

Joao is such a good prospect. A breath of fresh air after a decade of biomechanic mediocrity. An ode to the GOOD TENNIS.
He got #thatPOWER

That preparation from Fonseca has "I'm gonna seriously phuck this ball up" written all over it.

nice

 

[Vincent-C]

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(and yeah, love where he is in the court..)