Fonseca marked by his encounter with Nadal: "I draw inspiration from him".

Joao Fonseca finished his group phase at the Masters Next Gen unbeaten, beating Jakub Mensik this evening after a hard-fought five-set battle.

Thanks to these three victories, he finished top of the blue group and will be the favorite to face Luca Van Assche tomorrow in the semi-finals.

But before his match, the Brazilian had the chance to meet Rafael Nadal, who is visiting Jeddah this week.

During his post-match interview on court, Fonseca admitted that this special moment had helped him during his match: "I met Rafa today. I'm inspired by him.

I was with Alex (Michelsen) and Jakub (Mensik) and he told us a bit more about his experience, which is enormous, his mentality and his efforts.

It's really nice and it inspired me today."