On Tuesday, the WTA 250 Sāo Paulo opened the greatest Brazilian tennis player of all time, Maria Esther Bueno, who died in 2018 at the age of 78, as well as the players of the country who reached the Top 100 in the WTA rangers.
The first round always has a number of different things, but it was special. The court was full, the energy was incredible. I think we had special Brazilian victories in the ladies in this first round, so I’m happy with that too. Beatriz Haddad Maia
Tribute was paid to Niege Dias, Teliana Pereira, Patricia Medrado, Dada Vieira, Gisele Miró, Vanessa Menga and Paula Gonçalves at Maria Esther Bueno Central Court.
The ceremony of Tuesday, which was attended by Pedro Bueno, a cousin of the legendary champion, also officially devoted the central court to the name of Maria Esther Bueno, recognized as the greatest tennis player in the Latin -American history with 19 Grand Slam titels to her name, while a statue of her is shown in the tournament.
Top seeds Beatriz Haddad Maia delighted the home crowd with an easy victory over Miriana Tona on the WTA 250 Sāo Paulo Open
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Opening game on the Main Show Court, the top-ranking Beatriz Haddad Maia started her campaign in impressive style and beat Miriana Tona van Italy, 6-1 6-1, to continue to the 2nd round where she will meet her colleague Brazilian, Laura Pigossi.
Haddad Maia dominated the match against Tona and only needed 76 minutes on the field to close the match before she honored a signature on the camera and become emotional when they talk about them on the field.
She also celebrated the fact that by becoming a member of Pigossi, Naná Silva and Ana Candiotto, the SP Open 4 Brazilians in the round of 16.
“The first round always has a number of different things, but it was special,” she said. “The court was full, the energy was incredible. I think we had special Brazilian victories in the women in this first round, so I am also happy with that.”
Haddad Maia let Sāo Paulo roar with a perfectly played Tweener who helped her win a point, because she only dropped 2 games against Tona to make a dominant start of her campaign about home floor.
The Brazilian no. 1 looked forward to her meeting with Pigossi, against whom she has been playing in Junior tournaments since their youth.
“It is an opponent I know well. We have played a lot since the youth, and it has everything to be a good game,” said Haddad Maia. “She is a hunter, a hunter. I’m going to work hard and let’s see what happens.”
Pigossi, the Brazilian No. 2, survived the American Elizabeth Mandlik, 2-6 6-3 6-4, in 2 hours and 33 minutes to seal her 1st career on the tour level on hard courts in her opener and to improve it to 3-2 general against Mandlik.
British no. 4 Fran Jones came from a set to beat Lina Glushko to reach the last 16 in São Paulo on Tuesday
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British no. 4 Fran Jones, the 6th seed, needed 2 hours and 17 minutes to think of her way along Lina Glushko from Israel and had to come from a set to win, 4-6 6-2 6-3.
Jones will meet Whitney Osuigwe from the US on Wednesday for a place in the quarterfinals.
In the meantime, Alexandra Eala won her debut match at the SP and is enchanted with the Brazilian audience.
The Filipino had an easy 6-0 6-2 victory against the Yasmine Mansouri of France in the opening match of the night session and only needs 70 minutes to continue.
“I really enjoyed playing here tonight,” said Eala. “Playing Night Games is something that does not happen often for me, so I enjoyed it a lot, especially with the friendly audience.
“I was happy that many people came to look at me. The atmosphere adds a lot when many people cheer and, I think I was lucky that I was played between Laura and Bia. I am very grateful for the audience that came to visit me and encourage me.”
Eala, the no. 3 Seed, then takes on the Argentinian Julia Riera for a place in the last 8.
Alexandra Eala illuminates the qualification Yasmine Mansouri to start her Sāo Paulo campaign.
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Ana Candiotto, from São Paulo, made her successful debut in her first WTA 250 match of her career against the Ukrainian Valeriya Strakhova, the 21-year-old Wildcard Die Valeriya Trakhova, 6-3 5-7 6-0, in 2 hours and 1 minutes.
The 21-year-old Candiotto suffered a break in the 3rd game of the first set, but recovered to win 5 games in a row to take the opener, and then built a 4-1 lead in the second, but she could not close the game, because the 30-year-old Poorhovah brought the duel and the match with a love game in a set.
In the third, Candiotto was flawless, he only gave up 4 games and took 24 minutes to close it with an emphatic bagel, and himself a 2nd round meeting with Hungarian Panna Udvardy, who beat the American Anna Rogers, 6-2 6-3.
6th Seed Renata Zarazua from Mexico was a 6-2 6-1 winner about the local wildcard Luiza Fullana, and founded a 2nd round meeting with Berfu Cengiz van Turkey, that Argentinian Jazmin Ortenzi, 6-1 6-2.
Brazilian Niege Dias, Teliana Pereira, Patricia Medrado, Dada Vieira, Gisele Miró, Vanessa Menga and Paula Gonçalves were also honored
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