Jaime Faria, a 20-year-old Portuguese tennis player, secured his first ATP main draw appearance at the Estoril Open by defeating Mate Valkusz 6-4, 6-4. Faria, with a strong start to the season, faces Lukas Klein next. The qualifying rounds also saw Lucas Pouille qualify by beating Richard Gasquet in a French battle.
Estoril ATP 250: No. 6 Q seed Jan Choinski beat two Portuguese opponents in straight sets this weekend to qualify :-) and will play reigning US Open boys' champion João Fonseca BRA WR 341 (=CH; junior CH 1 in 2023) in R1.
Two Grand Slam semifinalists facing off in Estoril qualies. Gotta love it! https://t.co/LMhe2FCu75
Lucas Pouille beats out 2015 champion Richard Gasquet 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 to qualify for the @estorilopen main draw, in a French battle of former top 10 players. https://t.co/Xs9DRNG47Y
What a season Jaime Faria is having. 24-4 W-L 4 ITF M25 titles First ATP qualifying ➡️ main draw https://t.co/sYo6vqm6pP
ONE SET AWAY FROM THE MAIN DRAW! Jaime Faria leads Lukas Klein 6-4 on Estadio Millennium. Massive serving performance so far 🔥 https://t.co/gFV4FlxCnI
Jaime Faria currently serving for the set against Lukas Klein. Two in form players https://t.co/ZAHZ0ue8k8
Gastão Elias, one of the best Portuguese players ever, against Richard Gasquet, former top 10 and champ here in 2015. Surely the highest profile qualifying match we ever had at the @EstorilOpen https://t.co/zDZwnowYj1
Our @EstorilOpen main draw is out! https://t.co/NrrVyxKQHX
Jaime is having a fantastic start of the season. 4 ITF titles, closer to the top 250 and now a win away from his first ATP MD. https://t.co/zO3QhLhSSF
FIRST PORTUGUESE WIN! Playing the @estorilopen (or any ATP tournament) for the first time, 20yo Jaime Faria gets the win over Mate Valkusz 6-4, 6-4.. “I was a bit nervous in the end”, he admits. Faces Lukas Klein tomorrow for a place in the main draw. https://t.co/F1HFRM9RQU
Qualifying off to a good start for Portuguese tennis. Jaime was down a break twice in the first set. https://t.co/sEL4M3o5C5
VAMOS! Jaime Faria, who won four titles earlier this year in Algarve, up a set on Mate Valkusz. 6-4! https://t.co/zdOw3JZCEe
Top seed Vit Kopriva withdrew from the @EstorilOpen qualifying. There will be a doubles specialist playing singles later today! This section is... a chance for everybody. https://t.co/4tmHE6TrkM