India, July 3 -- Joao Fonseca stood, arms outstretched, face towards the sky, soaking in the cheers from the crowd that began the moment Jenson Brooksby's return sailed long. Fonseca then bent and buried his head in his hat, rising up in a roar of "Vamos."

Later, he explained to the Tennis Channel what he was thinking in that moment of triumph.

"I realised that I'm in the third round," the 18-year-old said, with a big smile.

This was quite the achievement as Fonseca, on his Wimbledon debut, became the youngest man since Bernard Tomic in 2011 to reach the third round of the major. And that too in his first year as a professional tennis player.

"It's a thing to be proud of," Fonseca said in the post-match press conference. "It's a great...