This Thursday (2) Brazilian tennis scored three more doubles in the round of 16 of the Roland Garros tournament, in Paris (France). After advancing yesterday (1st) in mixed partnerships, Luisa Stefani and Rafael Matos won again today, in women’s and men’s disputes, respectively. Who also qualified on the Parisian clay was the partnership of Marcelo Melo from Minas Gerais with the British John Peers. Playing alongside Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski, Stefani from São Paulo overcame Poland’s Katarzyna Piter and Hungarian Dalma Galfi by 2 sets to 1. After a setback in the first set by 4/6, the Brazilian duo reacted, winning the following partial by 6/2 and forced the completion of the third half. Luisa and Gaby were again behind on the scoreboard: they lost by 3 to 0 and the rivals even had the match-point advantage in 5 to 4. However, the day was really for the Brazil-Canada partnership that sealed the victory on 7/ 5. In the round of 16 – still without a defined date – the Brazilian duo faces partners Taylor Townsend (United States) and Leylah Fernandez (Canada). “Great victory, two breaks down in the third set. Game was full of ups and downs. Happy how I stayed emotionally in this match regardless of what was happening. First set was tougher, in the second we played better, imposed ourselves and made less mistakes. third they started better with Galfi hitting hard, serving well. It’s always good to win games like this hard, so much in the mix yesterday (Thursday) that it helped for today “, said Stefani. IT’S EIGHTYYYYY OF THE FINAL! 🎾🇺🇸Rafael Matos and Francisco Cabral 🇵 🇹 win another one in #RolandGarrosGreat victory over Purcell 🇦🇺 and Shelton 🇺🇸 by 2 to 0 (6/3 and 6/0). ) June 2, 2023 The sixth was also good for the Portuguese-Brazilian duo formed by Rafael Matos and Fernando Cabral, who easily won, by 2 sets to 0 (6/3 and 6/0) the partnership of the Australian Max Purcell with American Bem Shelton The next challenge will be to defeat Croatian Ivan Dodig and American Austin Krajicek in the round of 16. Also going to compete in the round of 16 will be the Brazil-England partnership, with Melo and Peers, who eliminated today the duo of Monegasque Hugo Nys and Pole Jan Zielinsk, recently champion of the Masters 1000 in Rome. After a fierce duel, lasting 1h44min, Melo’s duo won by 2 sets to 0, with partials of 7/6 (7-5) and 6/4. The next opponents will be the 10 seeds, the Spaniard Marcel Granollers and the Argentine Horacio Zeballos. IT’S EIGHTYYYYYY FINAL! 🎾🇺🇸Marcelo Melo advances to the stage in #RolandGarrosAlongside John Peers 🇦🇺, Marcelo confirms his victory over Zieliński 🇵🇱 and Nys 🇲🇨 by 2-0 (7/6 and 6/4). 💪 pic.twitter.com/jvQKyfYZDY — Time Brasil (@timebrasil) June 2, 2023 “I think it was important for us to play aggressively and use practically every chance we had. Very happy with the result, we’ve been playing a lot well. It is to continue in this step by step, every day, every training session, every game. And it was worth it for the strength here, with many Brazilians watching and cheering”, celebrated the tennis player from Minas Gerais. Saturday’s schedule (3) In the singles bracket, Thiago Wild from Paraná – who made history in his debut by eliminating the world number 2 Daniil Medvedev – will seek to qualify for the round of 16 against Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka, starting at 6:00 am Brasilia). For the first time in the third round of a Grand Slam, Beatriz Haddad from São Paulo, number 14 in the WTA ranking, enters the court at 8 am against Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (23rd).
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