Badaró and Ferreira handed wildcards for the Salvador M15 as the Bahia Juniors Cup starts
Felipe Badaró and Rafael Ferreira took the two wildcards into the main draw of the Salvador M15, which opens the 41st Bahia Juniors Cup from this Sunday. Qualifying runs Sunday and Monday, the main draw starts Tuesday and ends on the 8th; the junior event qualifies on 7 and 8 November.
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Salvador recebe a partir deste domingo os torneios profissional e juvenil da 41ª edição do Bahia Juniors Cup, com atletas de oito países.
A primeira parada é o M15 profissional, com pontos no ranking da ATP e US$ 15 mil de premiação, reunindo tenistas da Espanha, Chile, Argentina, Paraguai, Japão e Brasil. Os favoritos são Mateo Reyes, da casa, o chileno Benjamin Torrealba e o espanhol Oscar Gutierrez. O qualifying acontece no domingo e na segunda-feira, e a chave principal começa na terça, indo até o domingo dia 8.
Dois convites foram anunciados. Um deles é do baiano Felipe Badaró, juvenil do estado mais bem ranqueado, que representou a Bahia na Copa das Federações, em julho, ganhando todas as partidas; ele busca o primeiro ponto no ranking profissional jogando em casa, no Clube Bahiano de Tênis. “Fiquei muito feliz com o convite para disputar a chave principal de simples do M15 de Salvador”, disse.
O outro é de Rafael Ferreira, que volta ao torneio tentando entrar no ranking mundial. No ano passado, chegou à semifinal de duplas ao derrotar os favoritos Pedro Sakamoto e Wilson Leite. “Experiência muito boa em poder competir nesse torneio muito prestigiado”, afirmou.
O juvenil reúne Brasil, Bolívia e Itália. O qualifying fica para 7 e 8 de novembro, e a chave principal corre de 9 a 14. Entre os destaques estão a catarinense Clara Coura, promessa do tênis já perto do top 100, e a baiana Gabriela Bettoni, que disputam a categoria mundial até 18 anos. No masculino, o favorito é o boliviano Oliver Encinas; na sequência aparecem Pietro Gava e Henrique Queiroz, ambos do Brasil, e o italiano João Pedro Nardi. As faixas sub-14 e sub-16, que valem pontos no ranking sul-americano da Cosat, serão no Costa Verde Tênis Clube; a mundial até 18, com pontos J100, no Bahiano de Tênis.
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