Nuno Borges, the last Portuguese player in the main draw of the Estoril Open, will meet this Thursday in the second round with the Italian Lorenzo Musetti, one of the top three seeds of the Portuguese tournament, who will make his debut only on the fourth day.
After beating France’s Luc Pouille on his debut, Borges, 62nd in the world rankings, will face Musetti, 24th, a first-round bye, in the second match of the day on Center Court at the Estoril Tennis Club.
Also making his debut will be 2023 champion Norwegian Kasper Ruud, the first pre-designated and eighth in the world, who will meet Dutchman Botik van de Zandschulp (ranked 87th) in the third meeting on the main field.
Another top 10 tennis player present at the tournament, Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz (ranked 10th), will begin the program on the center court of Tennis do Estoril at 12:00 against the British Jan Choinski (ranked 188th), who will come to the tournament. from qualification.
Having supplanted the Portuguese Henrique Rocha, the Frenchman Gael Monfils, 45th in the world hierarchy, plays in the final match of the program with the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics, 85th.
One of the most anticipated meetings of the day between France’s Richard Gasquet, world No. 122 and winner of the Estoril Open in 2015, and Austria’s Dominic Thiem, former world No. 3 and now No. 91, will open the program in Cascais. court .
After elimination in singles, Enrique Rocha and Jaime Faria will play the first round of doubles against Romanian Victor Cornea and Czech Petr Nouza.