The only Brazilian tennis player remaining at the Rio Open, Marcelo Melo is just two wins away from the unprecedented title in the clay court tournament. Alongside the Colombian Juan Sebastian Cabal, the man from Minas Gerais enters the court at 7:30 pm (Brasília time) this Friday (24th), against the Frenchmen Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul, The ATP 500 continues until Sunday (26th) at the Jockey Club Brasileiro , in Gávea, in the south zone of Rio de Janeiro. 🇺🇸🤜🏻🤛🏻🇨🇴 #RioOpen pic.twitter.com/vbgV2ZayBX — Rio Open (@RioOpenOficial) February 24, 2023 In the first tournament playing together, Melo and Cabal scored their second consecutive victory last night (23), after running over the Argentines Tomas Martin Etcheverry and Diego Schwartzman, by 2 sets to 0 (partials of 6/1 and 6/2). “We played very well from the first point. I think the main thing was the clarity of the way we played until the last point. We didn’t give them any chance during the match. We started well and that gave us a lot of confidence. I would say that it was a round game, very round indeed, with one error or another normal, without any tactical or technical failure. So it was a very positive day to take advantage of for the next round”, evaluated the Brazilian. The Brazil-Colombia partnership debuted on Wednesday (22), with a triumph over the Austrians Lucas Miedler and Alexander Erler, by 2 sets to 1 (6/4, 3/6 and 10/7).
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