Rome Italy) – After the good victories of Felipe Meligeni and Laura Pigossi from São Paulo, both over top 100 rivals, it was Thiago Monteiro’s turn to close Brazil’s first day of qualifying at the Rome Open with a bang. The Ceará native faced home guest Giovanni Oradini, currently 403rd in the world, triumphing with a double 6/4 scored in 1h50 of the match.
In the last round of the dispute, the number 2 in Brazil and 106 in the world will face Frenchman Corentin Moutet, 83rd in the ATP rankings, who beat Bosnian Damir Dzumhur with a final score of 6/1 and 6/3. It will be the fifth clash between them, Monteiro won the first two, both at future level, and lost the last two, at ATP level.
The first set was controlled by the Brazilian, who lost a break point in the opening game, had two more in the third, when he managed to break, and three more in the seventh, with Oradini coming from 0-40 to maintain service. Impeccable with his serve, winning 71% of the points, the Ceará native made no mistakes and made it 1-0 on the scoreboard.
Things changed in the second half, in which the home tennis player started better, got one in the second game and then saved four break-points in the third to take a 3/0 lead. Monteiro reached 1/4 on the scoreboard and then managed a great run to close the game in straight sets. He recorded two consecutive breaks and won five consecutive games to advance in the competition.
