Overview

• Fonseca came back from 3-5 down in the third set to win the final four games and beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 in two hours and seven minutes.
• The clincher capped Fonseca’s second singles win of the tie after he defeated Stefanos Sakellaridis in the opener.
• Rafael Matos and Marcelo Melo dominated the doubles rubber 6-2, 6-2 against Aristotelis Thanos and Petros Tsitsipas to set up the finish.
• Novak Djokovic attended the tie in Athens with his son, watching Fonseca secure the decisive point.
• Brazil advances from World Group I to the 2026 Qualifiers round, with Fonseca’s late drop shot and ear-to-crowd gesture drawing widespread attention.