Amazing. I'm from Vietnam. Vietnamese is a total language , and the modern written language was developed by Vietnamese scholars working with Portugese and French missionaries. The Vietnamese tone represented by the tilda sounds very much like the ão in joão.
Fonseca is the real deal! He has that “it” factor about his game similar to Alcaraz. Very exciting young talent to watch. Coming off a huge win at Next Gen & winning Canberra this weekend. He’s shootings up the rankings & definitely one to watch. Excellent video & analogy of Fonseca’s forehands!
But it would be pretty easy for Vietnamese, because the ã in our language is pronounced very closely to the Portuguese ã. Perhaps it's not too much of a surprise since the modern Vietnamese written language was developed in a joint effort by Vietnamese scholars and Portuguese and French missionaries.
Such great insight @intuitiveTennis. Thank you! In fact, when I watched the highlights of the Djokovic v Opelka match yesterday, Opelka was doing the exact same on his big forehand winners. Will definitely give this a go 🙏🏾. All the best for the New Year. Donald
He’s definitely one to watch I can see him being at minimum top 10-5 in the next few years great young player and he’s cool under pressure also he has the game style to be a threat..
Nice video, Nick! As a brazilian coach I hope João keeps developing his game, especially his defense and counter shots. He's already a complete player, but I believe these aspects make difference between great players and top players. Greetings from Brazil!
Hahaha Nick you got me laughing so hard trying to pronounce João!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Keep training man bc you'll be talking a lot about this kid in the near future. I can't wait to see him in Australia open.
Going out to try this right now. Nice pronunciation. What sometimes helps is to think of the last letter in Joao as _half of an N.' So, it's kinda like Ow, as in something hurts, but with half an N at the end....
will be very interesting. Looking forward to seeing how he, Giovanni, Kyrgios after comeback and Djokovic after last season do this year. Fonseca and Perricard could have a breakthrough year potencially, lets see
To me the interesting piece is the scissoring of the hands, where the non-dominant hand goes low and the dominant hand goes high during the forward motion, and then they converge to the same vertical level, I am guessing this somehow enhances the loading of the legs
Great analysis as always and special thanks for trying to learn the correct pronunciation of his name. I understand it is difficult because it is not a common sound in most languages. Cheers and happy new year!
Interesting video analysis Nik. Or do you prefer Nick? Is that a leather grip on one of your old frames or just a burnt orange overgrip? If leather, which brand? I have been going with the Technifibre leather.
As always, great video! For me, I love aggressive tennis. Delpo being the only guy to make Federer feel like "he's on the back foot" in forehand rallies. While different in style due to Eastern grip vs Western grip, I agree on the prep into the stroke. I think the days of crushing flat forehands like Delpo is unfortunately leaving the game.
I’m wondering if that hopping/loading phase in his preparation is something he was taught or he just developed naturally. Whatever the case, his forehand is a missile!
Topic suggestion: do professional tennis players, or very advanced players generally, purposefully make that shoe-squeaking sound because they are obtaining some kind of advantage? I know I and the 4.0 players I play with dont regularly make that shoe squeaking sound. What gives? 😂
They aren’t on their toes moving their feet quickly. Good players are constantly on their toes making adjustment steps causing the squeaking. Low level players play flat footed with their heels on the ground and do not squeak their shoes.
@@IntuitiveTennis Nick said it best in this video, intensity causes squeaking because of the hyper focus and athleticism. If you have ever had a dog that is obsessed with playing fetch, try and be as intense and focused as the dog is about chasing a tennis ball ;)
thanks, we fromm BRazil are very excited with Joao.. or Big J :)) so great potential!!! since Gustavo Kuerten I didnt see a player with so much chances to go so far... although Bellucci had a good career as well... but this kid had at least top ten potential for sure
Cool... Australians started to call him "Big J". As a Brazilian, I may say that it is not an issue call him as John Fonseca. In the end, John and João is the same...
Well he is 3 years older then Joao so he is more experienced but too win a major he needs to serve well all games because he is just another big dude server bot but Joao is way better all around then him.
@@viniciusjesus2867 I may take Fonseca long term, but Perricard will likely win a major first. As you said he is older, but he is also much further along. Both were ranked outside of the top 700 a year ago and Perricard is top 30 now. He may have the best serve on tour, which covers up many weaknesses. Joao will be special, but it will take some more time.
Fonseca Serve 🔥
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Fonseca is way easier.
Congrats on being the first non Brazilian to pronounce João's name right, I was betting on you to get that one.
@@al1976-v7m he also said it at the end
I'm quite positive there many Portuguese, Angolans or Mozambicans to name a few who get it right, too.
Nic is a multi-lingual Eastern European. One would not anticipate difficulties for him with pronunciation of Latin names.
@@jerome_morrow that's my reasoning for believing he would get, besides the effort I see he generally puting on getting all names right
Pretty sure a few Portuguese got it right too ...
Amazing. I'm from Vietnam. Vietnamese is a total language , and the modern written language was developed by Vietnamese scholars working with Portugese and French missionaries. The Vietnamese tone represented by the tilda sounds very much like the ão in joão.
Man I love that you used Del Potro in this video. This is excellent!
Delpo was a beast! 🔥
Brazil mentioned, here we come! 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
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Fonseca is the real deal! He has that “it” factor about his game similar to Alcaraz. Very exciting young talent to watch. Coming off a huge win at Next Gen & winning Canberra this weekend. He’s shootings up the rankings & definitely one to watch. Excellent video & analogy of Fonseca’s forehands!
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Just nailed his name in the last 2 times! As Brazilian I know “ã” sound it’s not easy for non-native speakers
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But it would be pretty easy for Vietnamese, because the ã in our language is pronounced very closely to the Portuguese ã. Perhaps it's not too much of a surprise since the modern Vietnamese written language was developed in a joint effort by Vietnamese scholars and Portuguese and French missionaries.
@@tomsd8656 Polish and Malay also have this soound.
Thanks for considering the correct pronunciation of his name! Grande abraço do Brasil!
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Great effort Nick, your "João" is basically perfect
I’ve been practicing 😂🙌
Such great insight @intuitiveTennis. Thank you! In fact, when I watched the highlights of the Djokovic v Opelka match yesterday, Opelka was doing the exact same on his big forehand winners. Will definitely give this a go 🙏🏾. All the best for the New Year. Donald
Happy new year
you nailed it in 10:33! Happy New Year Nick!
Happy new year
In the beginning they called him Rafiel. Then, Rafael. I’m sure Joau will become João after one grand slam or two. 😊
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Best tennis channel on youtube
Thank you
Now that he won Canberra, maybe one on his rock steady backhand?😃
He’s definitely one to watch I can see him being at minimum top 10-5 in the next few years great young player and he’s cool under pressure also he has the game style to be a threat..
another final for the guy :D brazil is gonna be extremely happy with João in the next years, I'm pretty much sure about that
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I agree nick and as usual from your commentary , you are one of the best around here 💪🎾👍
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lol, the last part of the video
Nice video, Nick! As a brazilian coach I hope João keeps developing his game, especially his defense and counter shots. He's already a complete player, but I believe these aspects make difference between great players and top players. Greetings from Brazil!
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Hahaha Nick you got me laughing so hard trying to pronounce João!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Keep training man bc you'll be talking a lot about this kid in the near future. I can't wait to see him in Australia open.
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Going out to try this right now.
Nice pronunciation. What sometimes helps is to think of the last letter in Joao as _half of an N.' So, it's kinda like Ow, as in something hurts, but with half an N at the end....
Great tip! 🙏
As a Brazilian also named João, kudos at 10:33, it was spot on. 👏👏😉
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10:33 perfect spell!!
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Welcome to the Fonsequismo Nik. I'm sure the tennis world will master how to say João in the next 10 years, just like you just did.
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Great video again….
Thank you
@2:55 the complete torso rotation isn't a result of the swing path, it CAUSES it, as well as the incredible racquet head speed.
Awesome video. Maybe you can do one on his back hand as well. It’s really solid.😊
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I'm so glad he doesn't have the next gen forehand, his forehand technique is gorgeous
Style could not be better looking 🔥
Best part is in the end)
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Hey Nick, you nailed it, timing, loading, unloading are sure important, but more important is correct pronunciation of Joao name!)
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will be very interesting. Looking forward to seeing how he, Giovanni, Kyrgios after comeback and Djokovic after last season do this year. Fonseca and Perricard could have a breakthrough year potencially, lets see
They could, let’s see
Niko do you believe this dynamic load is something fonseca learned naturaly without or did he intentionaly implemented this characteristic?
Cheers from Brazil coach 🇧🇷🇧🇷
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Great video Nick❤. I love your predictions. I am excited about this young gun as well.
HAPPY NEW YEAR INTUITIVE TENNIS🎉😊🎉❤😊
Thank you Milan. Happy new year
To me the interesting piece is the scissoring of the hands, where the non-dominant hand goes low and the dominant hand goes high during the forward motion, and then they converge to the same vertical level, I am guessing this somehow enhances the loading of the legs
Vamossssssss Fonsecaaaaa!! Myself a huge fan of the channel from Brazil!!!
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Great analysis as always and special thanks for trying to learn the correct pronunciation of his name. I understand it is difficult because it is not a common sound in most languages. Cheers and happy new year!
🙏 Happy new year
Excellent video. Let's go João!
Let’s go!
As brazilian, I know the "ã" sound is not easy for a non portuguese native speaker
So tough
Interesting video analysis Nik. Or do you prefer Nick? Is that a leather grip on one of your old frames or just a burnt orange overgrip? If leather, which brand? I have been going with the Technifibre leather.
I prefer Nick. It’s an orange Kirschbaum Overgrip
10:01 new grunt unlocked
Hey Nick, do you know how heavy his forehand is compared to the tour average?
Great analysis. The bigger challenge for rec players is not having to fitness to do it regularly.
Improving stamina is key
much easyli to learn the forhand hit than the joao pronunciation
As always, great video!
For me, I love aggressive tennis.
Delpo being the only guy to make Federer feel like "he's on the back foot" in forehand rallies.
While different in style due to Eastern grip vs Western grip, I agree on the prep into the stroke.
I think the days of crushing flat forehands like Delpo is unfortunately leaving the game.
Fonseca does not have a western grip, it's semi-western.
@tijgertjekonijnwordopgegeten Oh, thanks for clarifying 👍 The point still stands.
I’m wondering if that hopping/loading phase in his preparation is something he was taught or he just developed naturally. Whatever the case, his forehand is a missile!
So good 🔥
Great video as always. What do you of Mpetshi Perricard's one handed backhand? He was blasting some impressive winners with it against Tiafoe today.
Some classic characteristics 🔥
I’ll cover it
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No need to blaspheme.
Topic suggestion: do professional tennis players, or very advanced players generally, purposefully make that shoe-squeaking sound because they are obtaining some kind of advantage? I know I and the 4.0 players I play with dont regularly make that shoe squeaking sound. What gives? 😂
They aren’t on their toes moving their feet quickly. Good players are constantly on their toes making adjustment steps causing the squeaking. Low level players play flat footed with their heels on the ground and do not squeak their shoes.
I talk about shoe squeeking here
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@@IntuitiveTennis Nick said it best in this video, intensity causes squeaking because of the hyper focus and athleticism. If you have ever had a dog that is obsessed with playing fetch, try and be as intense and focused as the dog is about chasing a tennis ball ;)
coach being coached, hahaha
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Brazil here. Let's go big J
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thanks, we fromm BRazil are very excited with Joao.. or Big J :)) so great potential!!! since Gustavo Kuerten I didnt see a player with so much chances to go so far... although Bellucci had a good career as well... but this kid had at least top ten potential for sure
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Cool... Australians started to call him "Big J". As a Brazilian, I may say that it is not an issue call him as John Fonseca. In the end, John and João is the same...
I saw him get dumped out of US Open qualifying last fall and it didn't look that insane.
Is that Carina teaching you how to say João ? hahahaha
Who is Carinna?
@@IntuitiveTennis Carina Fragozo, she is an english teacher in Brazil, she has an youtube channel and the voice is very similar to hers
All top players with a great forehand do this, sinner, alcaraz, rublev...
Not with a hop like delpo as frequently. To some extent they all do it yes
Massive forehand...looks like a more efficient Sinner forehand.
I wouldn’t say that, but I will say that it looks better
I bet G. M. Perricard wins a major before Fonseca does.
That is a safe bet. Perricard is going to cause lots of problems this year.
Well he is 3 years older then Joao so he is more experienced but too win a major he needs to serve well all games because he is just another big dude server bot but Joao is way better all around then him.
@@viniciusjesus2867 I may take Fonseca long term, but Perricard will likely win a major first. As you said he is older, but he is also much further along. Both were ranked outside of the top 700 a year ago and Perricard is top 30 now. He may have the best serve on tour, which covers up many weaknesses. Joao will be special, but it will take some more time.
Hmmmm
Its about drive to win , not the techniques
Wrong.
now try to say heambourghgeaarrhh :)
He’s awesome but he needs to work on the returns a little more.