Subsequent Gen ATP Finals
Van Assche, Fonseca step out for Sunday practices in Jeddah
Frenchman Van Assche was semi-finalist in 2023
December 15, 2024
Corinne Dubreuil/ATP Tour
Luca Van Assche practises on Sunday at King Abdullah Sports activities Metropolis in Jeddah.
By ATP Employees
Anticipation is constructing for the 2024 Subsequent Gen ATP Finals offered by PIF, the place among the contenders at this 12 months’s 20-and-under occasion hit the apply courts Sunday.
Luca Van Assche sparred with alternate Martin Landaluce at King Abdullah Sports activities Metropolis as he gears up for his second Jeddah marketing campaign. The Frenchman, presently No. 128 within the PIF ATP Rankings, reached the semi-finals in 2023, and he’ll this 12 months compete because the sixth seed within the metropolis on the Crimson Sea.
Joao Fonseca is one among 5 debutants within the Jeddah subject this 12 months. The 18-year-old, who’s the primary Brazilian to qualify for the occasion because it started in 2017, additionally practised on Sunday afternoon with match hitting accomplice Rafael Jodar. Jakub Mensik and Shang Juncheng adopted Fonseca onto courtroom for an all-High 50 apply, with the in-form Nishesh Basavareddy set to hit later with 18-year-old Spaniard Jodar.
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Joao Fonseca in motion on the apply courtroom on Sunday in Jeddah. Photograph Credit score: Corinne Dubreuil/ATP Tour.
Van Assche, Fonseca, Mensik, Shang and Basavareddy, in addition to Arthur Fils, Alex Michelsen and Learner Tien, will discover out their group-stage opponents when the draw takes place on Sunday from 8 p.m. native time (6 p.m. CET/12 p.m. ET).