Rome Italy) – The combined tournaments in Rome started very well for Brazilian tennis. Felipe Meligeni Alves and Laura Pigossi won the first round against top 100 opponents and are therefore one match away from playing in a level 100 tournament. Thiago Monteiro plays mid-morning.
Meligeni achieved a good victory over French left-hander Hugo Gastón, 96th in the world, with scores of 6/3, 3/6 and 6/1. He will now face another French player, Gregoire Barrere, 115th in the world, who won the national duel against alternate Giovanni Perricard, 6/3 and 7/5.
In the women’s group, Pigossi beat Russian Erika Andreeva, 19 years old and ranked 100th in the WTA, in straight sets. older sister of Mirra Andreeva, by double 6/3. The Brazilian number 2 will decide the place in the main draw against the Spanish Rebeka Masarova, 104th in the ranking and 11th seed in the qualifier, who beat the Italian guest Sofia Rocchetti, only 427th, by 6/2 and 7/6 (7-2) .
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The left-hander from Ceará opens his campaign at around 8am this Monday, Brasília time, against the Italian guest Giovanni Oradini, only 376th in the world. If he wins, Monteiro will have on his way the winner of the clash between also Frenchman Corentin Moutet, 88th placed and fourth main participant in the preliminary phase, and Bosnian Damir Dzumhur, who appears today in 145th position in the ATP.
Bia and Wild are already guaranteed
Two Brazilians are guaranteed to compete for the ranking. Among the women, Beatriz Haddad Maia from São Paulo will try to defend last year’s quarterfinals, and in the men’s tournament, Thiago Wild from Paraná will make his debut at the Foro Italico in Rome.
Of the other three, only Thiago Monteiro has played the tournament before, stopping in the first round in 2017 and in the second phase in 2023. In turn, Felipe Meligeni was one victory away from qualifying last year and Laura Pigossi did not make it past her debut. in the qualifying stage.
