The Portuguese tennis players Francisco Cabral and Nuno Borges seek this Saturday to qualify for the second year for the couples final of the Estoril Open, in a day in which Casper Ruud will seek to confirm that he is a favorite for the title against Quentin Halys.
The two tennis players from the north, defending champions, begin the day on the central court of the Clube de Ténis do Estoril at 1:00 p.m., facing the Belgians Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen, fourth seed.
Cabral and Borges seek to qualify for the second consecutive year to the final, contrary to what happens in the singles draw, where it is certain that there will not only be new finalists but also a new champion.
The Norwegian Casper Rudd, number five in the world and the first pre-designated for this Estoril Open, has scheduled a meeting with the ‘rookie’ Quentin Halys, the Frenchman who had never played in an ATP tournament semifinal and who eliminated the Portuguese Nuno Borges in the first round.
The player number 80 in the ATP ranking, who beat the Austrian Dominic Thiem in the ‘quarters’, has given surprises, but today he faces his biggest challenge against the runner-up at Roland Garros, US Open and ATP Finals, who in the previous round eliminated the defending champion, the Argentine Sebastián Báez.
The other semifinal will pit Miomir Kecmanovic, seeded sixth and 40th in the hierarchy, against Italian Marco Cecchinato (96th), who is seeking to qualify for an ATP final for the first time in almost two years.
Source: TSF
