A deluge forced the cancellation of the afternoon and evening matches this Tuesday at the Rio de Janeiro Open, including the one that faced the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz and the Brazilian Mateus Alves.
alcarazDefending champion and number two in the world, he was winning 6-4 and 5-3, when a strong storm bogged down the clay of the Guga Kuerten track, at the Brazilian Jockey Club.
Al spanish tennis player It was his turn to subtract against Alves, who is ranked 556 in the ATP rankings, to close the match, but the downpour made it impossible to seal his qualification for round of 16
“Day cancelled, there will be no more games today,” said the Rio de Janeiro Open on his official Twitter profile. The game will resume tomorrow Wednesday.
The rain He also interrupted the duel between Fabio Fognini and the Chilean Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera, at the moment in which the Italian was close to victory with a partial score of 6-2 and 5-2 on serve.
The first round match between the Spaniard was also cancelled. Albert Ramos-Viñolas with the Argentine Tomás Martín Etcheverry, who had won the first set 7-5.
The debut of the Argentines Diego Schwartzman and Sebastián Báez against the Serbian Dusan Lajovic and the Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci, respectively, were also scheduled for today.
Las canceled parties this will be played today Wednesday.
Before, the British Cameron Norrie and the Colombian Daniel Galán advanced to the round of 16, after getting rid of the Argentines Juan Manuel Cerúndolo and Pedro Cachín, in that order.
Norrie, Seeded second in the tournament, he prevailed in two sets, 7-5, 6-1, against Cerúndolo, while Galán, number 88 in the world, had a little more difficulties against Cachín, but he also solved his commitment in two sets: 7-6 (4) and 6-4.
For his part, Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas also advanced to the stage by beating Frenchman Hugo Gaston 7-5, 6-4.
