On his debut day in the Florianópolis Challenger bracket, in Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul’s Orlando Luz, 335th in the ATP, won a good victory and will be reunited with Ceará’s Thiago Monteiro, 110th, who he beat last week in São Leopoldo.
An athlete from ADK Tennis, from Itamirim Clube de Campo, from Itajaí (SC), Orlando Luz surpassed the Spaniard Carlos Sanchez Jover, 370th, with a score of 7/5 6/1.
In the round of 16, Orlando Luz faces the tournament’s main favorite, Ceará’s Thiago Monteiro, who beat Russian Bogdan Bobrov on Monday.
Other Brazilians debuted in the Santa Catarina tournament this Tuesday, São Paulo’s Matheus Pucinelli beat the eighth favorite, Canadian Liam Draxl, 257th, with a score of 6/4 6/1. In search of a place in the quarterfinals, Pucinelli faces the Italian Giancarlo Mager, 275th.
Coming from quali, Mateo Reyes, surprised the 2nd seed of the tournament, the Argentine Francisco Comesana, 114, with a score of 6/4 6/1.
In the round of 16, Reyes faces another tennis player coming from the quali, the Israeli Daniel Cukierman, 453rd, who beat the organization’s guest, Pedro Boscadin, 458th, with a score of 6/0 6/3.
