RIO DE JANEIRO RESULTS. Moura Monteiro stuns Pella in the 1st round

Thiago Moura Monteiro shocks Guido Pella 5-7 6-4 7-6³ in the 1^st round in Rio De Janeiro on Tuesday. Moura Monteiro will square off with Attila Balazs in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Moura Monteiro had a great start in this set after breaking Pella in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, the Argentine found the way to come back to break Moura Monteiro 3 times in the 2^nd (1-1), in the 10^th (5-5) gamein the 12^th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Thiago was powerless in the last 4 games of the set (from 3-5 to 7-5).

2^nd set.

Moura Monteiro won the set after he broke Pella in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 9^th (5-4) game. Guido tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (3-3) game. However, Moura Monteiro maintained the focus before winning the set 6-4.

3^rd set.

Moura Monteiro started the set strong after breaking Pella in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, that was not enough for Moura Monteiro to win the set since the Argentine found the way to break back in the 2^nd (1-1) game. Moura Monteiro maintained his focus before winning the set at the breaker at 3.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Moura Monteiro scored 114 points vs. the Argentine’s 108 points.

Thiago won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 42% (5/12). On the other side, Guido had a tough time converting his break points (only 45% – 5/11). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Moura Monteiro and Pella is 2-0 for Thiago.

Highlights Thiago Moura Monteiro vs. Guido Pella Rio Open – Rio de Janeiro

Next Match H2H: Thiago Moura Monteiro vs. Attila Balazs – stats

Moura Monteiro will take on Balazs in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Thiago Moura Monteiro and Attila Balazs since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Rio De Janeiro

• Attila BalazsBalazs – Pablo CuevasCuevas (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Borna CoricCoric – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (7-6⁵ 7-5) – See score progression
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Leonardo MayerMayer (6-1 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-4 6-7⁴ 6-1) – See score progression
• Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Guido PellaPella (5-7 6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (6-2 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Gianluca MagerMager – Casper RuudRuud (7-6⁴ 7-5) – See score progression
• Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (5-7 7-6³ 7-5) – See score progression
• Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Hugo DellienDellien (3-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Pablo AndujarAndujar – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Federico CoriaCoria – Corentin MoutetMoutet (1-6 7-6¹ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Christian GarinGarin – Andrej MartinMartin (4-6 7-5 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (7-6² 4-6 7-6²) – See score progression
• Joao DominguesDomingues – Federico GaioGaio (7-6(8) 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Christian GarinGarin (0-0) – See H2H details
• Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Attila BalazsBalazs (0-0) – See H2H details
• Joao DominguesDomingues – Pedro SousaSousa (0-0) – See H2H details
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (2-0) – See H2H details
• Borna CoricCoric – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (0-0) – See H2H details
• Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Pablo AndujarAndujar (0-0) – See H2H details
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-1) – See H2H details
• Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Federico CoriaCoria (0-0) – See H2H details