Tennis player Pedro Sousa hired this Thursday an injury and gave his compatriot Nuno Borges the pass to the quarterfinals of the Maia Opencircuit tournament challenger that took place in the Municipal Complex of Ténis da Maia.
The 34-year-old from Lisbon was leading the round of 16 match 4-2, when he injured his right groin and opted to withdraw from the match. court and give the victory to maiato, 25 years old, who is in position 93 of the classification all over the world.
“I had a touch in the groin for a month, I had a microtear […] And it got worse, worse, worse. Today I felt it again,” Sousa described at a press conference, assuming that the season since the US Open “has not been easy” and leaves a decision on his future open????????
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While Pedro Sousa, number 528 in the world, playing with classification Protected (137th), he accumulates another injury to end the season, which just started in March, due to physical problems, Borges guaranteed his return to the quarterfinals in Maia, where he was a semifinalist and finalist in the double session of the tournament in 2021.
The next opponent of the first Portuguese seed will be the Italian Riccardo Bonadio (194th), eighth pre-designated, who this Thursday beat the Belgian Raphael Collignon by two setsby double 7-5, to qualify for the quarterfinals, as well as the French Luca Van Assche and the Austrian Maximilian Neuchrist.
In addition to fighting for success in his home world, Nuno Borges is playing this week to try to gain direct access to the main roster of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of 2023, and finish the season with the best classification possible.
Source: Observadora
