Brazilian Marcelo Melo qualified for the quarter-finals of the men’s doubles group at Wimbledon in London (United Kingdom). On Monday (5), Minas Gerais, No. 19 in the ATP double standings, and Poland’s Lukasz Kubot (17) were won by the WO in partnership between Britain’s Lloyd Glasspool (99) and Finn Harry Heliovara (83). With thigh pain, Glasspool had to withdraw from the fray while he was still warming up.
“Today [segunda] We’ll have a long game, because [as partidas] He’s back to be in the top five. “Let’s take this time to train,” Milo said in a statement to the press.
In the quarter-finals, Milo and Kubot will face the winner of the confrontation between Croatian Mate Pavic (first in the world rankings) and Nikola Mektic (third) against Bosnian Tomislav Bricic (57th place) and Serbian Nikola Kasic (45th). The expectation is that the duel, valid for a place in the semi-finals, will take place this Tuesday (6).
The partnership between Brazil and Poland resumed in May, five months after the tennis players (who have been playing together since the end of 2016) followed opposite paths. In March, Milo went to play Dutchman Jean-Julian Roger, but the duo lasted only two months, achieving only two victories. Besides Kubot, the miner won 15 titles, including the 2017 edition of Wimbledon. Looking for a bi in British turf.
