Tennis, Rio Open | Rain forces the cancellation of the day at the Rio de Janeiro Open

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02/22/2023 at 03:24

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The deluge that fell on the Brazilian city forces the organization to stop Alcaraz’s party

The Spaniard was winning 6-4 and 5-3 to the Brazilian Mateus Alves

A deluge forced the cancellation of the matches part of the afternoon and night of this Tuesday at the Rio de Janeiro Open, including the one that faced the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz and to the brazilian Mateus Alves.

Alcaraz, defending champion and number two in the world, won 6-4 and 5-3, when a strong storm swamped the clay of the Guga Kuerten track, at the Brazilian Jockey Club. The Spanish tennis player had to subtract against Alves, who is ranked 556 in the ATP rankings, to close the match, but the downpour made it impossible to seal his qualification for the round of 16.

“Day cancelled, there will be no more matches today,” said the Rio de Janeiro Open on its official Twitter profile. The game will resume this Wednesday.

The rain also interrupted the duel between Fabio Fognini and the Chilean Marcelo Barriosat the moment in which the Italian was close to victory with a partial score of 6-2 and 5-2 to serve The first round match between the Spaniard was also cancelled. Albert Ramos with the argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverrywho had taken the first set by 7-5. The debut of the Argentines Diego Schwartzman and Sebastián Báez against the Serbian Dusan Lajovic and the Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci, respectively, were also scheduled for today.

The games canceled today will be played this Wednesday.

Before, the British Cameron Norrie and the Colombian Daniel Galan they advanced to the round of 16, after getting rid of the Argentines Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Pedro Cachin, in that order. Norrie, the second seed in the tournament, prevailed in straight sets, by 7-5 and 6-1to Cerúndolo, while Galán, number 88 in the world, had a little more difficulties against Cachín, but he also solved his commitment in two sets: 7-6 (4) and 6-4. For his part, the Peruvian John Paul Varillas He also advanced to the phase by beating the Frenchman Hugo Gaston by 7-5 and 6-4.



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