Porto Alegre (RS) – Experienced São Paulo native Daniel Dutra da Silva will be the national representative in the semi-finals of the Brasil Tennis Open, a challenger level tournament played on the indoor courts of Associação Leopoldina Juvenil in Porto Alegre. This Friday, Daniel beat Argentine Guido Ivan Justo, 584th in the rankings, by 2/6, 6/3 and 6/2 in 2h17 of the match.
A 35-year-old left-hander and currently 464th in the world, Danielzinho entered the bracket as a lucky loser and has the best career ranking of 207th, achieved in August 2022. Brazilian with the most achievements on the ITF circuit, with 26 titles and 47 finals played, he is looking for his first challenger final in his career.
“I was out of the tournament, it had already gone wrong, so I was lucky enough to get in, I’m going to try to make the most of it by fighting until the end and that’s making a difference. Another war tomorrow, but I’m feeling good, happy, grateful to be in the semi-finals. It’s about trying to take advantage of this moment, playing loose and tomorrow is Saturday, there will definitely be more fans and I’ll try to use that too”, said Dutra da Silva.
Facundo Mena eliminates Karue Sell in the quarterfinals
The opponent in the semi-final will be another Argentine. He faces Facundo Mena, 31 years old and 406th in the ranking, who avoided a Brazilian semifinal by beating Karue Sell, 30 years old and 555th in the rankings from Santa Catarina, with splits of 6/7 (7-9), 6/4 and 6 /1. Daniel has two wins in six games against Mena on the circuit, with the Argentine winning last week in Concepción.
The campaign to the semi-finals in Porto Alegre results in a recovery of 42 positions in the ranking for Daniel, who jumps to 422nd place. If he wins another return to the top 400, with a chance of reaching 390th place if he wins the title. Karue Sell approaches the top 500 and jumps to 504th position.
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After losing the first set with two breaks, Daniel escaped all six break points he faced in the second set and took advantage of one of his four break chances. The Brazilian started the third set at a devastating pace, confirming his service games in a calm manner and achieving two breaks to go up 5/2. Serving for the game, he reversed a 0-40 and kept the serve to close the game.
The other semifinal in Porto Alegre will be between Peruvian Gonzalo Bueno and Turkish Ergi Kirkin. 8 key head,
Kirkin beat Argentine Juan Bautista Torres 6/3, 6/7 (3-7) and 7/5. Bueno won a South American duel against Bolivian Juan Carlos Prado Angelo by 6/3 and 6/1.
Social action for flood victims in Rio Grande do Sul
While Porto Alegre is in a climate of alert due to the floods, the players are asking for donations to help the victims across the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The fans have helped, bringing bedding and cleaning products to be delivered to the civil defense of State. The games, transferred since Monday to the secondary headquarters of the Associação Leopoldina Juvenil, Clubinho, continued without interruption thanks to the infrastructure offered by the club.
