The Brazilian Thiago Monteiro said goodbye to the US Open. This Wednesday (31), for the second round of the men’s singles bracket of the Grand Slam held in New York (United States), the Ceará native, number 67 in the ranking of the Professional Tennis Association (ATP), lost to Russian Karen Khachanov ( 31st) by 3 sets to 1 (3/6, 3/6, 7/5 and 4/6), in two hours and 57 minutes of play.
Despite the elimination, it was Thiago’s best campaign at the US Open. In the four previous participations in the singles tournament (2017, 2019, 2020 and 2021), the Brazilian had not even made it past the first round. He qualified for the next stage in men’s doubles only, in 2021.
Another Brazilian overcome this Wednesday was Rafael Matos, in the first round of the mixed doubles. The partnership between the gaucho, number 38 in the world among male doubles, with the Ukrainian Lyudmyla Kichenok, 11th in the ranking of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), did not resist the Spanish David Vega Hernandez (40th in the ATP) and to the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko (9th WTA), who won by 2 sets to 0, with partials of 2/6 and 6/7 (5/7), in one hour and 12 minutes. He was the only representative of the country in the bracket.
Hernandez, by the way, will be Rafael’s partner in the men’s doubles. They start their walk at the US Open this Thursday (1), against Frenchman Fabien Reboul (69th) and Ecuadorian Diego Hidalgo (79th). The duel begins shortly after Bruno Soares (33rd) and Briton Jamie Murray (14th) debut, against North American hosts Hunter Reese (78th) and Max Schnur (88th), who play at 12:00 (Brasilia time) .
Earlier this Wednesday, the pairs of Marcelo Melo (45th) and gaucho Marcelo Demoliner (173rd) guaranteed a spot following the Grand Slam. Beatriz Maia Haddad from São Paulo, number 15 in the world among women, awaits the end of the match between British Jack Draper (53rd in the ATP) and Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime (8th), to face Bianca Andreescu (48th), for the second round of the women’s singles bracket.
