Nitto ATP Finals
Juventus star Bremer on why stars like Sinner impress: ‘In tennis, you don’t have any alibis’
Brazilian was courtside for Sinner vs. Zverev conflict Wednesday at Nitto ATP Finals
November 13, 2025
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Jannik Sinner and Gleison Bremer on Wednesday evening on the Nitto ATP Finals.
By Andy West
Gleison Bremer is aware of a lot in regards to the challenges of elite sport. He’s vice-captain of one of many world’s most historic soccer groups, Juventus FC, whereas he has additionally earned 5 caps for the Brazilian nationwide workforce.
But even an athlete as established on the world stage as Bremer sees a lot to marvel at within the exploits of the ATP Tour’s roster of stars. The 28-year-old, who’s an enormous tennis fan and names Lorenzo Musetti, Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic as his favorite gamers, got here to Turin’s Inalpi Enviornment on Wednesday night to absorb the motion on the Nitto ATP Finals.
“Their mentality impresses me probably the most,” Bremer instructed ATPTour.com (in Italian), when requested in regards to the variations between his personal sport and tennis. “In tennis you are alone, you don’t have any alibis, you could take all of the duty. In soccer you possibly can afford to play not at your finest in case your teammates aid you.”
The Nitto ATP Finals shouldn’t be the one ATP Tour occasion Bremer has visited in 2025. He additionally went to the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters in April, when he met Musetti. In Turin on Wednesday, the Brazilian was courtside for Sinner’s straight-sets win in opposition to Alexander Zverev, and after the match he met and congratulated the No. 2 within the PIF ATP Rankings and defending Turin champion.
After all, any Brazilian concerned with tennis in 2025 can’t assist however be excited by the latest emergence of a breakout star from the South American nation. Joao Fonseca gained the 2024 Subsequent Gen ATP Finals offered by PIF and has backed that with a stellar 2025 season.
The 19-year-old Fonseca rose to a career-high No. 24 within the PIF ATP Rankings earlier this month after lifting his maiden ATP 500 title on the Swiss Indoors Basel. For Bremer, {the teenager} from Rio de Janeiro has the potential so as to add his identify to an iconic checklist of greats from a famously proud sporting nation.
“He is younger, however he is rising,” mentioned Bremer of Fonseca. “I feel sooner or later he has the potential to achieve the identical degree of these world-class champions. We missed nice sportsmen up to now years. Prior to now we have had Pele, Ayrton Senna, Guga [Kuerten].”
