Nitto ATP Finals
Juventus star Bremer on why stars like Sinner impress: ‘In tennis, you have no alibis’
Brazilian was courtside for Sinner vs. Zverev clash Wednesday at Nitto ATP Finals
November 13, 2025
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Jannik Sinner and Gleison Bremer on Wednesday night at the Nitto ATP Finals.
By Andy West
Gleison Bremer knows plenty about the challenges of elite sport. He is vice-captain of one of the world’s most historic football teams, Juventus FC, while he has also earned five caps for the Brazilian national team.
Yet even an athlete as established on the world stage as Bremer sees plenty to marvel at in the exploits of the ATP Tour’s roster of stars. The 28-year-old, who is a big tennis fan and names Lorenzo Musetti, Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic as his favourite players, came to Turin’s Inalpi Arena on Wednesday evening to take in the action at the Nitto ATP Finals.
“Their mentality impresses me the most,” Bremer told ATPTour.com (in Italian), when asked about the differences between his own sport and tennis. “In tennis you’re alone, you have no alibis, you must take all the responsibility. In football you can afford to play not at your best if your teammates help you.”
The Nitto ATP Finals is not the only ATP Tour event Bremer has visited in 2025. He also 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 against Alexander Zverev, and after the match he met and congratulated the No. 2 in the PIF ATP Rankings and defending Turin champion.
Of course, any Brazilian interested in tennis in 2025 can’t help but be excited by the recent emergence of a breakout star from the South American country. Joao Fonseca won the 2024 Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF and has backed that with a stellar 2025 season.
The 19-year-old Fonseca rose to a career-high No. 24 in the PIF ATP Rankings earlier this month after lifting his maiden ATP 500 title at the Swiss Indoors Basel. For Bremer, the teenager from Rio de Janeiro has the potential to add his name to an iconic list of greats from a famously proud sporting nation.
“He’s young, but he’s rising,” said Bremer of Fonseca. “I think in the future he has the potential to reach the same level of those world-class champions. We missed great sportsmen in the past years. In the past we’ve had Pele, Ayrton Senna, Guga [Kuerten].”
