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Fonseca, Bergs, Lehecka tackle cake in Brussels!
Trio decorates treats to have fun tenth version of BNP Paribas Fortis European Open
October 14, 2025
David Pintens/Belga Magazine/AFP by way of Getty Photos
Joao Fonseca decorates a cake on media day on the BNP Paribas Fortis European Open in Brussels.
By ATP Employees
Life on the ATP Tour could require strict adherence to a nutritious diet, however a trio of stars discovered themselves surrounded by candy treats on Monday on the BNP Paribas Fortis European Open.
#NextGenATP Brazilian Joao Fonseca, dwelling favorite Zizou Bergs and Prime 20 Czech Jiri Lehecka got a particular activity on media day in Brussels: Adorn a cake to have fun the tenth anniversary of the indoor hard-court ATP 250.
Maybe it was Bergs’ expertise rising up in a rustic famend for its truffles, chocolate and different desserts that proved decisive, and the Belgian was topped the winner by match director Dick Norman. It was an early off-court ‘triumph’ in Brussels for the No. 39 within the PIF ATP Rankings, who will purpose to again it up on the court docket Tuesday night when he takes on his countryman Raphael Collignon within the first spherical.
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Fonseca, Bergs and Lehecka with the cake competitors’s choose, Brussels match director Dick Norman. Picture Credit score: Belga Magazine.
In the meantime World No. 45 Fonseca, the 2024 Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF champion, will play his first ATP 250 match indoors within the last match on the Tuesday schedule. In his most up-to-date tour-level outing, the 19-year-old defeated Flavio Cobolli on an indoor arduous court docket on the Laver Cup, and he’s aiming to proceed that kind on his BNP Paribas Fortis European Open debut in opposition to Botic van de Zandschulp.
“That is my first time visiting Belgium, and I’m actually impressed by town, the ambiance, and the unbelievable views,” Fonseca told europeanopen.be. “I’m very excited to play right here. After an extended season, I nonetheless really feel recent.”
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The three gamers additionally visited one in all Brussels’ most well-known landmarks, the Atomium.
