Matheus Pucinelli from Sao Paulo did not certify in the Australian Open qualifier. This Tuesday, the current 210th worldwide dealt with Benoit Paire, that is currently just 172nd in the ranking, yet was as soon as 18th. The 33-year-old Frenchman flirted with loss, but in the long run got the better of a tough game, documenting the last score of 6/4, 6/7 (5-7) and 7/5, in 2h23 of play
Extra seasoned, Paire began the suit with a break in the first game, however the advantage did not last long and right after he took a break back. The Frenchman once again defeated Pucinelli’s serve and opened 4/2. Afterwards, he handled to manage the lead till the end as well as began in front at the pen.
In the 2nd set, the web servers dominated, Pucinelli saved the only break-point he faced and Paire conserved the three he had versus. With that said, the meaning mosted likely to the tiebreak, in which the Brazilian endured the stress well. Also after taking a mini-break on the very first factor, he scored and rallied 7-5 to tie the game.
Pucinelli came close to winning, opening up the lead in the decisive and third set. After getting a break in the 3rd game, he stayed ahead up until the 8th, when Paire returned the break and also made it also at 4/4. In the final stretch, the Frenchman took advantage of a game poorly played by the Sao Paulo player, who in the 12th dealt with a 0-40, conserved a match-point, however not the second.
Carol also out
In a game noted by exchanges of the round at the back of the court and extreme errors from side to side, Sao Paulo’s Carolina Meligeni Alves stopped in the first round of getting the Australian Open. She was beaten on Monday evening by Serbian Olga Danilovic, by 6/2 as well as 6/4.
With the fall of her bro Felipe the day in the past, just Laura Pigossi continues to be with possibilities of progressing to the major draw of the Grand Slam of Oceania. She goes back to the court this Tuesday and also encounters Japan’s Misaki Doi, 308th in the ranking, in an unmatched battle for the Brazilian.
