Tennis players Henrique Rocha, Gonçalo Oliveira and Miguel Gomes qualified, this Monday, for the round of access to the Loulé Open singles main frame.
Current national under-18 champion and number 100 in the junior world ranking in what is still his first year in the division, Henrique Rocha overcame compatriot Martim Simões (also 17 years old) by 7-5 and 6-3 in 1h24 in debut meeting in Loulé, after being exempted from the first round for being 10th seed, and making an appointment with the Spaniard Alberto Barroso Campos, 772.th ATP.
At practically the same time, Gonçalo Falcão (1383th in the ATP ranking) also made his debut with a victory in this edition of the Loulé Open, but he needed to work to defeat Spaniard Nil Boixader Roca by 5-7, 6-4 and 10-8 . The 33-year-old Portuguese will discuss access to the painting with the Luxembourger Raphael Calzi, number 1836 ATP.
The last Portuguese victory of the day was signed by Miguel Gomes, 16th seed, who calmly overcame Slovakian Mihailo Kecojevic (unranked) 6-0 and 6-2 to follow in the footsteps of his countrymen and put himself at a distance of one. triumph of reaching the main frame.
To do so, the youngster in the CAR — who this year was the world's top 30 under 18 — will have to go through Tim Heger, a German who is 1523th in the ATP chart.
In the opposite direction, Bernardo Teixeira (7-6[4] and 6-1 in favor of former top 200 Elliot Benchetrit), Afonso Portugal (6-2 and 7-6[9] for Alan Rubio Fierros) and Illia Stoliar (6 -4 and 7-6[8] for Gabriele Moghini) were eliminated in the second round of qualifying.
This Tuesday, the main tables of singles and pairs kick off. In the individual variant Tiago Cação was the only one to have direct entry, while Luís Faria, Pedro Araújo and Francisco Cabral (who in the last three weeks played three pair finals in Challengers alongside Nuno Borges) were awarded with wildcards.
At least one of them will be in the second round, as the draw dictated a duel between training partners (both from the Portuguese Tennis Federation's High Performance Center) between Tiago Cação and Luís Faria.
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