The $30 million toe in the water

Novak Djokovic's bid for a record 25th Grand Slam title has ended in shocking fashion at the hands of 19-year-old Brazilian Joao Fonseca at the French Open. Djokovic, a 24-time Grand Slam champion, was two sets up but clearly feeling the pace before Fonseca produced a sensational performance to beat him in five sets.

Fonseca, 19, broke back immediately, pushing Djokovic further and further back, eventually forcing him to push the decisive shot wide beyond the tramlines. he then served his own game to love.

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Djokovic had taken great umbrage to suggestions his 3hr 44min second-round match against Valentin Royer over four sets in the night session, was only 'reasonably long'. 'When you play a three-and-a-half hour match on clay,it's long and very exhaustiing,' he had replied. djokovic led by two sets before suffering a shock loss at the hands of Joao Fonseca, 19. Try 4hr 53min this time.

This wasn't going to be another Sinner. Djokovic said he 'ran out of gas' but he still wasn't beaten by the conditions like Sinner was. He was beaten by a sensational, generational talent. There are a few of them left in this draw with seventeen-year-old Frenchman Moise Kouame and 19-year-old Spaniard Rafael Jodar still going.

No one left in the draw has won a Grand Slam.. There's going to be a new name on the trophy. Fonseca just produced a performance that proved it could well be his.

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The Brazil shirts in the crowd leapt to their feet to roar Fonseca's name as their man played conductor.. Others cooled themselves with fans coloured in their national flag while others swirled yellow shirts above their heads.

Djokovic sat in his chair, an ice pack around his neck and stared to the sky as if looking for inspiration. Still they exchanged blows, both pulling out the full range of superhuman strokes. Djokovic held a massive serve at deuce and did his own bit of crowd work.

He'd been 5-4 up in the fourth set, too , two points from victory and he'd still lost that. By this stage, every point felt gladiatorial. Each one took the last drop of energy and imagination.

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'The way he played, we all see why there is hype around him,' said Djokovic, who immediately shut down talk of a missed chance for a 25th Grand Slam and said he didn't know if he'd be back next year. 'I don't think I did too much wrong, he was just better. He played lights-out tennis every time there was a decisive moment.'

He's got talent, he's got firepower, he's got the whole Brazilian nation cheering him on. Hopefully he can be the next great thing and win Grand Slams.

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Djokovic had taken great umbrage to suggestions his 3hr 44min second-round match against Valentin Royer over four sets in the night session, was only 'reasonably long'. 'When you play a three-and-a-half hour match on clay, it's long and very exhausting,' he had replied. Djokovic led by two sets before suffering a shock loss at the hands of Joao Fonseca, 19. Try 4hr 53min this time.

This wasn't going to be another Sinner. Djokovic said he 'ran out of gas' but he still wasn't beaten by the conditions like Sinner was.. He was beaten by a sensational, generational talent. There are a few of them left in this draw with seventeen-year-old Frenchman Moise Kouame and 19-year-old Spaniard Rafael Jodar still going.

No one left in the draw has won a Grand Slam. There's going to be a new name on the trophy. Fonseca just produced a performance that proved it could well be his.