Nuno Borges is the only one of the four Portuguese tennis players who will make their debut this Monday on Center Court at the Estoril Tennis Club, where the ATP 250 Estoril Open will take place until April 7.
The country’s world number one and 61 will face France’s Luc Pouille, who beat compatriot Richard Gasquet 4-6, 6-3 and 6-2 in the second qualifying match to ensure promotion to the main standings. .
The first direct confrontation between the 27-year-old Maiato and the Frenchman, a former world top 10 player and current 242nd ranked player, will be the third meeting on Center Court, where the first round will begin at 12:00 with the match between Spain’s Roberto Baustista Agut and Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic .
Before Borges and Puy, Austrian Dominic Thiem, 2020 United States Open champion, will meet German Maximilian Marterer (ATP number 102), and the session will close with the duel between Yuri Rodionov and Christian Garin. Estoril Tennis Club.
Joao Sousa, Enrique Rocha and Jaime Faria, the remaining national representatives with a guaranteed place in the competition, are only expected to compete on Tuesday for the first round of the Estoril Open, whose defending champion is Norway’s Casper Ruud. won with a bye in the first round.