Friday (1st) was a day of triumphs for doubles with Brazilians in the traditional Wimbledon Tournament. Bia Haddad from São Paulo won in her debut, playing alongside Polish Magdalena Frech. The partnership won by 2 sets to 1 (4/6 6/4 6/2) over Czech Lucie Hradecka and Indian Sania Mirza, seeded 6. Bia and Bia and Frech return to the court on Sunday (3) , for the round of 16, against Slovakian Viktoria Kuzmova and Dutch Arantxa Rus, at a time yet to be defined.
Earlier this afternoon, Bia won again, this time in the mixed doubles bracket, alongside Bruno Soares from Minas Gerais. They scored by 2 sets to 0 (7/6 and 6/3) on the partnership of another Brazilian: Rafael Matos, who played with the Ukrainian Lyudmyla Kichenok.
“I’m happy. Frech is a very nice player, we managed to create a nice energy. We caught a quarry right in the first round and, particularly, I didn’t play a very good game. But I decided to work better, focus on the present and look for a solution, different from what I did in the singles”, said Bia shortly after the match, remembering the loss in the singles bracket debut last Monday (27).
Despite the loss to Bia and Bruno, in the mixed, Rafael Matos started the day on the right foot, advancing to the third round of the men’s doubles bracket, alongside Spaniard David Vega Hernández. They beat partners Alekandr Nedovyesov (Ukraine) and Aisan-ul-Haq Qureshi (Pakistan) by 2 sets to 1 (6/3, 8/6 and 5/3). The Brazil-Spain partnership has already won two titles this season: it won the Malloca Tournament on the 25th, and the Marrakech Tournament in April, both ATP 250.
Rafael Matos’ duo with Spaniard Hernández Vega has already won two titles this season: the Tournament of Mallorca (Spain) last weekend, and the Tournament of Marrakech, in April, both ATP 250 – Remy Chautard/FFT/Reserved Rights
Brazil this weekend at Wimbledon
Saturday (2) – second round – men’s doubles
Marcelo Melo and Raven Klaasen (South African) vs Ken Skupski and Jonny O’Mara (both British)
Bruno Soares and Jamie Murray (British) x Andrea Vavassori (Italian) and Nicola Cacic (Serbian)
