Brazilians fall in the Costa do Sauipe last 16; three play on Thursday
Gustavo Heide, Igor Marcondes and Eduardo Ribeiro all lost in the last 16 of the Costa do Sauipe Challenger 125 on Wednesday. On Thursday, Thiago Monteiro, João Lucas Reis and Thiago Wild chase quarter-final places.
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A quarta-feira do challenger 125 de Costa do Sauipe não foi boa para os brasileiros. Saíram nas oitavas os paulistas Gustavo Heide e Igor Marcondes, além do gaúcho Eduardo Ribeiro — o torneio é disputado no saibro baiano.
Heide, 24 anos e 112º do ranking, caiu diante do boliviano Juan Carlos Prado Angelo, 21 anos e 193º, por 6/0, 3/6 e 6/4, em 2h18. Foi a segunda vitória do boliviano em três confrontos com o paulista no circuito.
Prado Angelo terá pela frente o argentino Camilo Carabelli, 81º do mundo e segundo cabeça de chave, que passou por Igor Marcondes — que tem 29 anos, é canhoto e ocupa o 279º lugar — com duplo 6/4, em 1h34.
Já Eduardo Ribeiro, 28 anos e 360º, perdeu para o peruano Gonzalo Bueno, 198º, por duplo 7/6, com 7-2 nos tie-breaks, em 1h52. O brasileiro entrou na chave como lucky-loser e havia vencido o jovem Guto Miguel na terça-feira. Nas quartas, Bueno terá pela frente o argentino Lautaro Midon.
Nesta quinta-feira, três brasileiros buscam vaga nas quartas. Thiago Monteiro encara o italiano Marco Cecchinato às 16h30; João Lucas Reis, no mesmo horário, joga com o dinamarquês Elmer Moller; e, a partir das 19h, Thiago Wild enfrenta o uruguaio Franco Roncadelli.
Nas duplas, Mateus Alves e Lucas Andrade da Silva, os dois paulistas, enfrentam a dupla principal cabeça de chave: Diego Hidalgo, do Equador, e o argentino Andres Molteni. Os vencedores podem cruzar com Felipe Meligeni e Igor Marcondes, que entraram por convite, ou com a dupla argentina de Guido Justo e Lautaro Midon.
Outro jogo reúne três brasileiros: Eduardo Ribeiro e o baiano Natan Rodrigues contra o boliviano Federico Zeballos e o paulista Marcelo Zormann. Os irmãos Guto e Luis Felipe Miguel encaram o argentino Santiago Taverna e o tcheco Zdenek Kolar.
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