Frederico Silva, Tiago Pereira and Tomás Luís advanced to the Faro Open’s final rooms, ensuring the presence of at least one Portuguese tennis player in the ITF M25 tournament semi-finals, which runs until March 3 at the Faro Tennis and Padel Padel Center, with the support of the Faro City Council and the Portuguese Tennis Federation.
In pairs, Diogo Marques was the only Portuguese to secure a place in the quarterfinals, while Tiago Pereira, winner of the peer competition last year, was eliminated in the first round.
Frederico Silva advances after duel interrupted by rain
Standard head, Frederico Silva (ATP 262) needed to fight in two courts and two strokes to beat the Sergey Fomin Uzbeque (ATP 576). The rain interrupted the meeting when the Portuguese already led 5-2 on the decisive set, forcing a break of almost an hour and the change to a secondary court.
Frederico Silva
Despite the adverse conditions, the Queen’s Caldas player, who trains at the high performance center of the Portuguese Tennis Federation, managed to close the victory by 4-6, 6-2 and 6-4 in his 10th victory in the Algarve.
“It was a meeting that had a little bit of everything, but above all I am very happy to have overcome another difficult meeting. I went very badly, but I went up the level and before stopping because of the rain I was already playing at a good level and feeling that the meeting was clearly to my side. But then we have to stop, we do not know if we continue today, if we move, suddenly let’s go and need a new mindset, because besides the usual nervousness to be serving the 5-3 I have the legs full of mosquitoes, I feel the rain drops, the light around the court is very different and we also have the sound of the padel. It changed everything very quickly to a critical situation, but it is part and I tried to deal with everything the best way, ”commented Frederico Silva after the meeting.
Now the young Tomás Luís (ATP 1343) will face in the final rooms, in the one who promises to be the most anticipated duel of Friday’s day.
Tomás Luís surprises favorite and guarantees presence in FINAL ROOMS
Tavira’s tennis player Tomás Luís signed one of the best exhibitions of the tournament by defeating Austrian Sandro Kopp (ATP 331 and sixth standard head) 6-4 and 6-1. With solid performance and domain from start to finish, it was able to ensure the second presence in the end of international tournament, the first in ITF M25 events.
Competing at the club that represents in national competitions, his performance in Faro has already secured important points that could bring him closer to the top 1000 ATP.
“It was a meeting where I was very competent from start to finish and I played at a very high level. I noticed that he was not so comfortable when I controlled the right point and especially when I was against the wind. I don’t remember failing a ball in these circumstances and realized that he was getting impatient and making balls he should not, so I adjusted the game plan, ”said the young Algarve, who this week has the special support of his mother and brother.
Tiago Pereira adds epic turn and reaches the quarterfinals
Today’s best Algarve tennis player Tiago Pereira (ATP 503), he starred in a memorable turnaround by defeating Croatian Mili Poljicak (ATP 297)-former Junior Wimbledon champion-for the 3-6, 7-6 (5) and 6-4 partials.
Tiago Pereira
This result allowed him to reach, for the first time, the quarterfinals of an Algarve tournament, exactly one year after winning the title of pairs in the same Faro Open.
It will now measure strength with the Spanish Wild Card Tomas Curras Abasolo (ATP 915), which eliminated the main favorite to the title, Maks Kasnikowski (ATP 224th).
Diogo Marques maintains Portuguese hope in pairs
Despite the elimination of Tiago Pereira, the Portuguese Diogo Marques was the only one to advance to the quarterfinals in peers. Alongside Spanish Rafael Izquierdo Luque, he surpassed his debut by defeating South American duo João Eduardo Schiesl (Brazil) and Andres Urrea (Colombia) 1-6, 6-2 and 10-5.
In the next round, he will face Canadian Justin Boulais and the American William Woodall.
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