Argentine Renzo Olivo booked a second-round match-up with fourth seed Joao Sousa at the Brasil Open on Monday. Olivo beat 2016 semi-finalist Inigo Cervantes of Spain 7-6(6), 6-4 in one hour and 53 minutes. Olivo saved 12 of 16 break points and landed 70 per cent of his first serves to win his Sao Paulo debut. The 24-year-old Olivo, No. 92 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, will face Sousa for the first time. Olivo's countryman Guido Pella also advanced, hitting 10 aces to prevail against Brazilian wild card Guilherme Clezar 6-2, 6-3. He awaits the winner of Carlos Berlocq and Thiago Monteiro for a place in the quarter-finals. [ALSO LIKE] Portugal's Gastao Elias ended the hopes of local wild card...
Watch highlights from the first day of action from the 2017 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships as seven-time champion Roger Federer and fourth seed Gael Monfils entertained the crowds. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com
Emirates ATP Rankings World No. 1 Andy Murray arrived early in the United Arab Emirates this week and the 2012 finalist is hoping his extended preparations pay-off at the 2017 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
Defending champion Stan Wawrinka is back in action at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships and hopes he is inspired by fond memories in the United Arab Emirates.
It's been nine years since fourth seed Gael Monfils last played here, but the Frenchman is raring to go at the 2017 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in the United Arab Emirates.