Brazil had a negative record of tennis disputes in Saturday (24) Tokyo 2020. Number 1 in Brazil, Thiago Monteiro, the male duo, formed by Marcelo Demolliner and Marcelo Mello, and said goodbye to Joao Menezes early on. They lost each to the German Jan-Lennard Struve, the Croatian duo, and the Croatian Marin Cilic.
The only win for the Brazilian today came from the women’s duo Luisa Stefani and Laura Pegosi, who beat Canadians Gabriela Dabrowski and Sharon Fishman. You will now face the winner of the game between the Czech and Chinese duo, which will be played on Sunday (25th).
Monteiro, 95th in the world, entered the field with a positive record against the German tennis player. In three engagements at the ring, he won two. But on sand it is a different surface than the hard court at the Ariake Tennis Center. Struff earned two serves, one in each group, with four chances. The Brazilian missed three breakpoints in the game.
The Brazilian tennis player left the field with 21 easy mistakes compared to 17 by the German, who will face the winner in the second round between Serb Novak Djokovic and Bolivian Hugo Delin. This confrontation is scheduled to take place on Saturday around 5:00 (GMT).
Soon Joao Menezes played a very close game against the Croatian Grand Slam winner Marin Cilic and finished second at Wimbledon. Joao almost turned the match up, but ended up in the third set. The exciting duel lasted over three hours.
Marcelo Demolliner and Marcelo Mello also lost to the Croatians who teamed up with Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic. The Brazilians lost two sets to zero.
Among others, the Russian Daniil Medvedev, the Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the Georgian Basilashvili Nikoloz, the French Jeremy Chardy and the Australian John Millman made their debut. In the women’s category, Iga Swiatek from Poland, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova from Russia and Barbora Kryczykova from the Czech Republic advanced.
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