Ugo Carabelli second lucky loser into last eight at Rio Open
Camilo Ugo Carabelli eased past Damir Dzumhur 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday in Rio de Janeiro. He will go up against fellow lucky loser Jaime Faria in the quarter-finals.
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Lucky loser Camilo Ugo Carabelli advanced to the last eight of the Rio Open by beating Bosnian Damir Dzumhur 6-4, 6-4 at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday evening.
Ugo Carabelli, ranked No 91, will next face Portugal’s Jaime Faria on Friday. Faria is also a lucky loser.
In the previous round of the Rio tournament, Ugo Carabelli got past Spaniard Pedro Martinez, the No 7 seed (4-6, 6-3, 6-3).
Dzumhur, ranked No 97, defeated Serb Dusan Lajovic 6-3, 6-4 in the opening round.
Rio de Janeiro ATP 500, other second-round results :
- Alexandre Muller vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Luciano Darderi
- Jaime Faria beat Jaume Munar: 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
- Chun-Hsin Tseng (Q) beat Thiago Monteiro (WC): 6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Alexander Zverev (1) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 7-6 (1), 7-6 (6)
- Sebastian Baez (5) beat Mariano Navone: 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
- Francisco Comesana beat Nicolas Jarry (6): 7-6 (4), 6-7 (1), 7-6 (6)
