Brazilian Thiago Monteiro suffered a harsh defeat for the American Ethan Quinn by 2 sets to 1, on Tuesday (22), by the Masters 1000 Qualifying final in Madrid.
The 30 -year -old tennis player even won the first two sets, but lost second and third in Tiebreak. The confrontation ended with the partials of 2/6, 7/6 and 7/6.
Despite the negative result, Monteiro still has the chances of joining the main key of the tournament as lucky-loser. The term is used for competitors who are eliminated in the qualification phase but can enter due to the withdrawal of players already classified.
Two vacancies in this condition were opened after the departure of Spaniard Roberto Carballes and Australian Jordan Thompson of the competition.
The organization of the tournament chooses the lucky-loser Based on the position of the ATP ranking or the order of classification of the losers in the qualifying step.
The qualifying tournament is aimed at players who do not have enough points to enter the main key. Compatriotic João Fonseca, for example, won the direct classification because of his placement in the 60th place in the ranking.
If you do not win the place, the next tournament to be played by the Brazilian will be the Challenger of Mauthausen, Austria.
