PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah Update: Fonseca, Mensik leave Indian Wells in confident mood
The #NextGenATP stars had a taste of the Californian desert this week when they competed at the BNP Paribas Open.
The 2024 Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF champion Joao Fonseca leads the PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah in 2025 and extended his advantage at the top after earning victory on his Indian Wells debut.
The 18-year-old Brazilian beat Jacob Fearnley in the first round and then received words of praise from Novak Djokovic in an exchange that left Fonseca beaming from ear to ear.
The World No. 80 was unable to back up his win against Jack Draper but will head to the Miami Open presented by Itau for the second part of the ‘Sunshine Double’ in confident mood. Last month, Fonseca clinched his first ATP Tour crown in Buenos Aires.
Jakub Mensik, currently third in the PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah, also enjoyed victory in Indian Wells. The Czech defeated Tomas Martin Etcheverry in straight sets before he ran into Karen Khachanov. The 19-year-old is 8-6 on the year and will next make his main-draw debut at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Miami, having lost in qualifying last year.
| Player | Points |
| 1) Joao Fonseca | 485 |
| 2) Learner Tien | 390 |
| 3) Jakub Mensik | 280 |
| 4) Nishesh Basavareddy | 151 |
| 5) Alexander Blockx | 130 |
| 6) Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez | 111 |
| 7) Shang Juncheng | 110 |
| 8) Nicolai Budkov Kjaer | 103 |
| 9) Martin Landaluce | 75 |
| 10) Henry Searle | 61 |
Americans Learner Tien and Nishesh Basavareddy both made their Indian Wells debuts but were unable to score wins. Tien, who has defeated Top 5 players Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev this year, lost to Mariano Navone, while Basavareddy fell to Buyunchaokete.