Buenos Aires (Argentina) – Three Brazilians advanced to the clay court qualifiers for the Challenge in Buenos Aires. Orlando Luz from Rio Grande do Sul, João Lucas Reyes from Pernambuco and Mateus Alves from São Paulo won the matches this Sunday.
Doubles champion in AntofagastaIn Chile, last Saturday, Alves played the next day in the Argentine capital and won the national fight against Wilson Leite from Rio 6/2, 4/6 and 6/0. His next opponent is Argentine Gonzalo Villanueva.
Orlando Luz also needed three sets to advance. Gaucho started off trailing on the scoreboard against Italian Edoardo Lavagno, 6/7 (2-7), 6/4 and 7/5. His next opponent was Peruvian Connor Huertas, who entered the qualifiers as a substitute and defeated Mathias Puccinelli of Sao Paulo 4/6, 6/1, 6/4.
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João Reis’s success was very quiet. The 24-year-old from Pernambuco confirmed his preference against Argentine guest Ezequiel Manferrer and scored 6/1 and 6/2 in 1h05. His next opponent was another Argentine, Tomas Farjad.
The final round of qualifying takes place on Monday and the Brazilians are trying to join Felipe Meligeni, Gustavo Hyde and Pedro SakamotoDirect entrant.
Sell matches for Challenger in the US
Karue Sell of Santa Catarina, ranked No. 300, competes in the Tiburon Challenger on hard courts in the United States. The only Brazilian in the group, he made his debut against Frenchman Antoine Garnet-Chauving, ranked 751. If he wins, he could face No. 9 seed Alexis Gallerno of Canada or 20-year-old North American Ethan Quinn after Christopher Eubanks withdrew.
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