Marcelo Demoliner took the court with some adorable pooches as the Brasil Open helped promote two local dog shelters. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Photo: dgwcomunicacao
Ball dogs, the hit of the 2016 Brasil Open, returned to the ATP World Tour 250 tournament on Saturday to chase more fuzzy yellow balls. Cindy, Nanda, Pretinha, Mia, Arlete and Ovelha dashed around the red clay in Sao Paulo as Brazilian Marcelo Demoliner and Brazilian coach Joao Zwetsch, who works with Thiago Monteiro and Thomaz Bellucci, played a few points and posed for photos with the shelter dogs. “It was pretty fun, super cool with the dogs, really nice experience,” Demoliner said. The Brasil Open and tournament sponsor PremieR Pet brought back the crowd-pleasing activity for fans and for the pooches. All of last year's ball dogs were adopted, and tournament officials hope this year's dogs will be just...