Brazil takes six wheelchair tennis titles at the Goiania WC50
The Goiania WC50 wheelchair tennis event ended with six Brazilian titles in the main draws between 19 and 22 October: three adult singles, two doubles and one junior. Meirycoll Duval beat Vitoria Miranda in the women's open, Diego Kohlrausch won the men's open, Joao Lucas Takaki took the quad class and Pedro Santos won the junior draw.
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Goiânia — O WC50 de Goiânia terminou com seis títulos brasileiros nas chaves principais. A competição foi disputada entre 19 e 22 de outubro, e o país levou três taças nas chaves individuais adultas, duas nas duplas e uma no júnior.
Na classe open feminina, a mineira Meirycoll Duval ficou com o título ao superar Vitória Miranda, sua conterrânea, por dois sets a zero, com parciais de 7/5 e 6/0.
Nas duplas, a resposta de Vitória veio ao lado de Ana Caldeira: a parceria venceu por 2 sets a 0, com 6/1 e 6/0, e deixou Meirycoll Duval e Gabrielly Victoria com o vice.
No open masculino, o título ficou com o gaúcho Diego Kohlrausch, que passou pelo mineiro Luiz Calixto com duplo 6/2.
A mesma classe teve as duplas com Bruno Makey, goiano, e Jucelio Torquato, catarinense, na frente, sobre Diego Jesus e Weslley José: 6/3 e 6/4, em dois sets.
A classe quad, destinada a atletas com limitações em pelo menos três membros, teve o paulista João Lucas Takaki como campeão, após duplo 6/1 sobre o fluminense Fábio Freitas.
Fábio ficou ainda com o vice nas duplas, formando parceria com Vinicius Pontes. A chave foi disputada em todos contra todos e ficou com o argentino Leandro Bas e o peruano Jorge Beltrán Puerta.
No júnior, o fluminense Pedro Santos venceu Lucas Rodrigues por 2 a 0, com 6/1 e 6/3, e fechou a conta brasileira no torneio.
Somadas as seis conquistas, o Brasil teve três campeões individuais adultos (open feminino, open masculino e quad), duas duplas campeãs e um título na categoria júnior.
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