For the first time this ATP World Tour season, there will be two 500-level events in the same week. World No. 2 Rafael Nadal looks to better his runner-up finish from last season at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC in Acapulco, Mexico, and the two-time winner will be joined by defending champion Sam Querrey and five more players who are inside the Top 12 of the ATP Rankings. Reigning Nitto ATP Finals champion Grigor Dimitrov leads a strong field at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, where Marseille finalist Lucas Pouille is the second seed. There is also an ATP World Tour 250 event in Sao Paulo, Brazil: the Brasil Open, where three-time defending champion Pablo Cuevas will...
Pablo Cuevas begins his fourth championship point opportunity in unusual fashion against Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the rain-interrupted 2017 Brasil Open final in Sao Paulo. Photo: dgwcomunicacao
Watch highlights of the rain-interrupted 2017 Brasil Open final in Sao Paulo, played over two days, featuring Pablo Cuevas versus Albert Ramos-Vinolas. Photo: dgwcomunicacao
Pablo Cuevas picked the most unorthodox way to win an unconventional final on Monday at the Brasil Open in Sao Paulo. About to deliver a second serve on his fourth match point, the Uruguayan dipped down and tapped an underhand serve to Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas, who rushed to the service box and successfully returned the surprise tactic. But Cuevas eventually won the point and made tournament history in Sao Paulo with his 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-4 win. The 31 year old became the first player since the tournament began in 2001 to win three consecutive Brasil Open titles. Spaniard Nicolas Almagro has won the tournament three times but only two of his titles were successive. “I was making a lot of...
Second seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas and third seed Pablo Cuevas will complete their rain-delayed Brasil Open final on Monday, with play scheduled to resume at 12:00pm local time in Sao Paulo. The heavens opened as Ramos-Vinolas led the two-time defending champion 7-6(3), 3-3. Both players traded service holds throughout the opening set, but the Spaniard ran away with the tie-break as Cuevas’ steady baseline game betrayed him. The Uruguayan hit four consecutive errors to give Ramos-Vinolas a 6/2 lead and a forehand error from Cuevas on set point gave the Spaniard a commanding advantage. Perhaps aided by a brief rain delay just one point into the second set, the defending champion regrouped by racing to a 3-1 lead, but Ramos-Vinolas fought...
