Brazilians accumulate defeats in the first round of the Rio Open

The first day of the main draw of Rio Open was not favorable to Brazilians. The three Brazilian representatives who entered the court in the singles match were defeated and said goodbye to the tournament in the first round. The only victory for “the house” came in the doubles, with João Fonseca and Marcelo Meloin a match that opened the main court.

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Gustavo Heide was no match for Vit Kopriva, from the Czech Republic. Even with the support of the public, who filled the stands of the Jockey Club's central court, the Brazilian was defeated in 2 sets to 0, with scores of 6/2 and 7/6.

Also on the main court, João Reis also lost by 2 sets to 0. His opponent was Yannick Hanfmann, from Germany, who closed the match with scores of 7/6 and 6/4.

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On court 1, it was Igor Marcondes, coming from qualyfing, who failed to win. The Brazilian took the lead, winning the first set 6/4, but conceded the comeback with partials of 7/5 and 6/4 and ended up losing 2 sets to 1 to the Peruvian Ignacio Buse. This will be the opponent of the winner of the duel between João Fonseca and Thiago Monteiro, this Tuesday (17).

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Victory in doubles

The duo formed by João Fonseca and Marcelo Melo beat Román Burruchaga and Andrea Pellegrino in the first round of the Rio Open. The Brazilians dominated their opponents from Argentina and Italy, respectively, and closed the game in 2 sets to 0, with a double 6/4 in the partials.

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Fonseca and Melo will face the winning pair of the duel between Argentines Máximo Gonzalez and Andrés Molteni and Gonzalo Escobar and Jean-Julien Rojer, from Ecuador and Holland, respectively, with a date and time to be defined.

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