The Loulé Open by Cimpor, which starts today, Sunday, February 26th, and runs until March 5th at Clube de Ténis de Loulé, will feature 17 Portuguese tennis players in the qualifying phase and Lukas Rosol, former top 30 of the ATP ranking, on the main board.
Among the Portuguese entourage that will participate in this tournament scoring for the ATP ranking, which will distribute 25 thousand dollars in prizes, the most quoted tennis player is Pedro Araújo, who is currently in 644th place in the world ranking (he was 534th in the past) .
According to the organization of the event, in charge of the Clube de Ténis de Loulé, with the support of the Municipality of Loulé and the Portuguese Tennis Federation, the 20-year-old athlete from Lisbon «made his debut in the semi-finals of ITF tournaments precisely in Loulé Open, in 2021, and is in charge of the status of third seed of the qualifying, having a meeting scheduled in the first of three rounds with the Frenchman Alexandre Ruscica (34 years old and without ATP classification)».
«Tiago Pereira also occupies a place on the list of pre-appointed, in this case the 14th. The 18-year-old youngster from the Algarve is ranked 1430th on the world table and will have as his first opponent the Irishman David Gabor, of the same age and still looking for his first victory in professional tournaments», he adds.
The list of Portuguese representatives in the qualifying is complete with the names of Gonçalo Falcão (former 961st ATP and current veteran world champion +30 in singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles), Afonso Portugal, Rodrigo Fernandes, Manuel Guedes de Almeida, André Stewart, Duarte Correia, Tomás Tenil, Francisco Vilaça, Bernardo Henriques and six guests from the organization: six guests from the organization: Salvador Monteiro, João Dinis Silva, Daniel Marincas, Tomás Martins, Afonso Santos and Manuel Guise Pinheiro.
In the main frame, «the highlight of this Loulé Open will be the presence of Lukas Rosol».
«Currently in 262nd place in the ranking, the 37-year-old Czech has already been in 26th position, has two ATP titles (among four finals) under his belt and has two world-famous victories on his belt: one of them against Rafael Nadal in the second round of Wimbledon, in 2012 and the other in the longest doubles match in the history of tennis, won after 7h01 with compatriot Tomas Berdych against Stan Wawrinka and Marco Chiudinelli in the 2013 Davis Cup», recalls the organization.
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