M15 Salvador main draw begins on Tuesday
The M15 Salvador main draw begins on Tuesday, with US$ 15,000 in prize money and 15 ATP ranking points. There are 23 Brazilians among the 32 players, and Felipe Badaró opens at 5 pm against fifth seed João Lago.
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A chave principal do M15 de Salvador abre nesta terça-feira, na segunda edição do torneio profissional internacional sediado no Clube Bahiano de Tênis.
Em jogo, US$ 15 mil de premiação total e 15 pontos no ranking mundial da ATP.
Dois baianos estão na chave de simples: Felipe Badaró e Rafael Ferreira, ambos em busca do primeiro ponto no ranking profissional da ATP. Badaró encara João Lago, cabeça de chave 5, às 17h. Logo depois, Ferreira pega o qualifier carioca João Cunha.
No ano passado, Ferreira chegou à semifinal de duplas após eliminar os favoritos Wilson Leite e Pedro Sakamoto. Nas simples, ele ainda busca a primeira vitória.
A rodada desta terça começa às 10h, com Jefferson Filho, cabeça de chave 7, diante do argentino Giovanni Branchetti. Na mesma hora, na quadra 2, Benjamin Torrealba, do Chile, enfrenta o qualifier brasileiro Pedro Longobardi. O espanhol Oscar Gutierrez, cabeça de chave 1, joga com o argentino Manuel Salvo.
São 23 os brasileiros entre os 32 tenistas da chave principal. Na segunda-feira, cinco passaram pelo qualifying: Glauco Júnior, Kauê Noatto, João Cunha, Vitor Cunha e Pedro Longobardi. Do lado estrangeiro, avançaram Hernando Escurra (Paraguai), Agusti Cuellar (Bolívia) e Tomas Piccioli (Chile).
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