Concepción (Chile) – José Pereira from Pernambuco will be the Brazilian representative in the quarterfinals of the Concepción challenger, on clay courts in Chile. After going through a two-round qualifier, Pereira also won his second game in the main draw. This Thursday, he beat Argentine Hernan Casanova, 7th seed in the tournament and 336th in the rankings, by 6/7 (4-7), 6/3 and 6/1 in 2h43 of play.
At 33 years old, Pereira occupies 633rd place in the rankings and has a career-best 232nd position, achieved in September 2015. The campaign to the quarter-finals in Chile yields 11 ATP points, three for the quali and eight for the group. main, and returns him to the group of the 600 best in the world.
Pereira hasn’t reached the quarterfinals of a challenger since October, in Campinas, and he’s looking for his first semifinal at this level of competition. His next opponent will be Ecuadorian Alvaro Guillen Meza, 21 years old and 294th in the rankings.
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Also this Thursday, Daniel Dutra da Silva from São Paulo was eliminated in the round of 16. The 35-year-old left-hander, ranked 464th, was surpassed by Argentine Facundo Mena, ranked 406th, with splits of 7/5 and 6/4.
Brazilians say goodbye to doubles
In the doubles tournament, Luis Britto from São Paulo and his Argentine partner Gonzalo Villanueva were defeated in the quarterfinals by the Japanese Seita Watanabe and Takeru Yuzuki by 6/7 (4-7), 6/3 and 10-4. Britto, 30 years old, was winning the title in Tucumán last week. The national partner formed by Daniel Dutra da Silva and Wilson Leite lost to the Dominican Roberto Cid Subervi and the Turkish Ergi Kirkin by 6/2 and 6/0.
Demoliner falls to the quarterfinals in Rome
As for the challenger in Rome, on clay courts in Italy, Marcelo Demoliner and his Swedish partner Andre Goransson were eliminated in the quarterfinals. They lost 6/1 and 6/0 to Frenchman Jonathan Eysseric and Italian Andrea Pellegrino in just 48 minutes of play.
