{"id":16181,"date":"2025-06-23T17:44:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T17:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/dan-evans-briton-still-work-in-progress-despite-impressive-win-at-eastbourne\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T17:44:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T17:44:39","slug":"dan-evans-briton-still-work-in-progress-despite-impressive-win-at-eastbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/dan-evans-briton-still-work-in-progress-despite-impressive-win-at-eastbourne\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Evans: Briton still ‘work in progress’ despite impressive win at Eastbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Earlier at Eastbourne, highly rated Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca claimed his first ATP Tour win on grass by beating Zizou Bergs of Belgium in three sets.<\/p>\n

Fonseca, 18, recovered from a bruising tie-break defeat in the opening set to claim nine consecutive games on his way to beating Bergs 6-7 6-0 6-3 in two hours and seven minutes.<\/p>\n

The hype is continuing<\/a> around the youngster labelled Brazil’s newest sporting superstar. Fonseca, ranked a career-high 57th in the world, attracted global attention by beating Andrey Rublev at the Australian Open in January and has admirers including Novak Djokovic.<\/p>\n

He will have another chance to test himself against the world’s best in the second round at Eastbourne, where he will face reigning champion and top seed Taylor Fritz.<\/p>\n

“I’m very happy to win my first match on grass,” Fonseca said after his victory. “Eastbourne is such a nice place.<\/p>\n

“In the second set, he was in trouble and I was more confident. In the third we were both nervous, so I just needed to focus on my serve.<\/p>\n

“Playing Fritz is good experience, and the crowd is good – I see some Brazilian shirts, which is really nice.”<\/p>\n

The first set lasted 66 minutes and was dominated by the serve without a single break point until the tie-break, which Bergs won 10-8.<\/p>\n

However the Belgian’s level significantly dropped in the second set as Fonseca raced to 6-0 in 24 minutes, scoring 25 points to Bergs’ eight.<\/p>\n

Bergs briefly halted Fonseca’s momentum in the deciding set, but a perfectly measured half-volley forehand dink across court moved the teenager 4-2 ahead before he served out the match.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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