Fonseca ahead of Australian Open qualifying: "I want to bring this level of confidence back to Melbourne".

Joao Fonseca has won two tournaments in less than a month: the Next Gen Masters in Jeddah in December and the Canberra Challenger this week, where he crushed the competition.

The Brazilian, who is edging ever closer to the Top 100 (he will be 113th on Monday), will play in the Australian Open qualifiers for the first time in his career, where he will face Federico Agustin Gomez in the 1st round.

Before taking off for Melbourne, he spoke about the great week he's just had in Canberra: "I managed to adapt quickly to the playing conditions.

I'm very happy to have reached the mark of ten wins in a row, as my aim was to string together good weeks.

I'll be travelling to Melbourne on Sunday, even if I'm a bit tired from this week. Physically, I feel fine.

I travel with my physiotherapist and he helps me feel good. We're going to give it our all.

I want to bring this level of confidence back to the Australian Open, perform well in the qualifying draw, and hopefully have a good run in the main draw."