Livas Damazio reaches semi-final of Bolivian J200; women's doubles final is set
The 16-year-old Livas Damazio beat Nicolas Rivera 7/6 and 6/1 to reach the semi-finals of the J200 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, where he faces Argentina's Tomas Re.
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Na Bolívia, o saibro do J200 de Santa Cruz de la Sierra terá Livas Damazio na semifinal. Cabeça 2 da chave e 96º do ranking, o tenista de 16 anos confirmou a vaga nesta quinta-feira.
A classificação veio diante do boliviano Nicolas Rivera, por 7/6 — com 11/9 no tie-break — e 6/1. Na semi, o adversário é o argentino Tomas Re, terceiro cabeça de chave e 107º do ranking.
O mesmo dia teve três brasileiros deixando a competição. Pedro Queiroz parou nas quartas de final ao perder para o chileno Benjamin Perez, quarto favorito, por 6/2 e 6/3.
Maria Eduarda Carbone, que faturou o Australian Open Junior Series no domingo anterior, também caiu nas quartas. Ela foi superada pela norte-americana Ireland O'Brien, que virou o jogo com parciais de 5/7, 6/0 e 6/4.
Nathalia Tourinho deu adeus da mesma forma: foi superada pela tcheca Sofie Hettlerova, cabeça 3, por 6/2 e 6/1.
A final das duplas femininas já tem os dois lados conhecidos. Flavia Souza, do Brasil, e a boliviana Maria Laura Sejas avançaram ao bater a dupla formada pela norte-americana Ariana Ikwueme e pela bósnia Tea Kovacevic: 7/5 e 7/6, com 7-4 no tie-break. A outra vaga ficou com Clara Elkind e a paraguaia Catalina Delmas, que passaram pela argentina Mia Brayotta e pela mexicana Hanne Estrada, com 7/5, 2/6 e 10-5.
Também em quadra nesta quinta, o Cataratas Open Junior, J30 em Foz do Iguaçu, definiu os primeiros nomes das quartas de final. No masculino, o cabeça 2 Davi Sousa encara Paulo Dias. No feminino, a primeira convidada é Mariana Paiva, que aguarda a vencedora do duelo entre Martina Passold e Lara Shinzato.
A rodada desta sexta-feira, atrasada pela chuva, terá o restante das oitavas de final e a rodada completa das quartas.
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