In addition to Fonseca and Mensik, there is also Learner among the rising young tennis players, especially after the victory at the Next Gen Finals. 2025 was the year of the explosion, will 2026 be the year of the definitive affirmation?
2024 ended with a defeat of Learner Tien, in the final of the Next Gen Finals against Joao Fonseca. Instead, 2025 ends with a victory for the American southpaw, again in the same event, against Alexander Blockx. The icing on the cake of what was the season of consecration for the boy of 2005, who with Michael Chang as the new coach could find that further leap from a personality point of view. For a very complete tennis player, who gave the best in the world a hard time, becoming a sort of nightmare for the top 10, in the year just ended (which also saw him take home 9 of the last 10 matches).