Juan Ignacio Chela and Nico lost against Cuevas/Granollers 3-6 3-6
Nico and Juan Ignacio Chela will play the fourth match on court 1 against Cuevas and Granollers.
Order of play court n°1
play starts at 11 am
A Sevastova (LAT) vs K Date Krumm (JPN) - WTA
M Granollers (ESP) vs [8] P Cuevas (URU) - ATP
A Rodionova (AUS) vs S Voegele (SUI) - WTA
[1] P Cuevas (URU) / M Granollers (ESP) vs Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) / Nicolas Massu (CHI)
Nico lost against Rui Machado 2-6 4-6. He was constrained by a foot pain and called the trainer during the match.
Nico will play his first round match against Rui Machado on the Central court at 1:50pm Portugal Time (12:50pm GMT) after a WTA match.
Order of play Central
play starts at 11am
Alizé Cornet (FRA) vs Michelle Larcher de Brito (POR)
Not before 1:50pm
Nicolas Massu (CHI) vs Rui Machado (POR)
Not before 4:00pm
Florian Meyer (GER) vs Frederico Gil (POR)
Oscar Hernandez (ESP)/Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) vs Pedro Sousa (POR)/Leonardo Tavares (POR)
Nico will play the doubles tournament with the Argentinian Juan Ignacio Chela. In first round they will meet the Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas and the Spaniard Marcel Granollers
Nico and Chela's part of the draw :
Pablo Cuevas (URU)/Marcel Granollers (ESP) [1] vs Nicolas Massu (CHI)/Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)
Alejandro Falla (COL)/Santiago Giraldo (COL) vs Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)/Albert Montanes (ESP)
Colin FLEMING (GBR)/Ken SKUPSKI (GBR) [4] vs Rohan Bopanna (IND)/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)
Oscar Hernandez (ESP)/Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) vs Pedro Sousa (POR)/Leonardo TAVARES (POR)
In first round Nico will play against Rui Machado, a 26 years old player from Portugal ranked 113th. They have never played each other at an ATP event.
Nico's part of the draw :
Florian Meyer (GER) [6] vs Frederico Gil (POR)
Steve Darcis (BEL) vs Santiago Giraldo (COL)
Nicolas Massu (CHI) vs Rui Machado (POR) [WC]
Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) [2] Bye
Nicolas lost 2-6 4-6 against Meffert on indoor and very fast court.
Nicolás Massú cayó en Challenger de Curitiba
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El tenista chileno, 90 del mundo, tuvo una fea caída en dos sets ante el alemán Domink Meffert, 233º ATP, en su duelo por octavos de final, que había sido postergado el jueves por lluvia. |
El encuentro estaba inicialmente programado para la tarde-noche del jueves, pero debido a la fuerte lluvia que cayó sobre la ciudad del estado del Paraná el match terminó siendo postergado para la presente jornada.
Debido a este imprevisto, el viñamarino anunció su bajada del challenger de Túnez a jugarse la próxima semana. Tras borrarse del certamen, el beneficiado fue el chileno Jorge Aguilar (231º), que ingresó de forma directa al cuadro principal.
El germano no dio hoy chances al doble campeón olímpico en Atenas 2004 de entrar al partido. La segunda raqueta nacional se mostró bastante errática desde el fondo de cancha y con demasiados problemas para sacar adelante sus juegos de servicio. |
Due to rain, Nico's match against Meffert couldn't be played on Thursday and is rescheduled on Friday 23rd, first match on court 1.
Order Of Play 23/04/2010
Quadra 1
Matches start at 10h (Curitiba time)
NICO MASSU (CHI) vs Dominik Meffert (GER)
Followed by
Diego Junqueira (ARG) vs Simone Vagnozzi (ITA) to finish 6/4 5/2
Not before 12h
Caio Zampieri (BRA) vs Ricardo Mello (BRA)
Followed by
Marcos Daniel (BRA) vs Guillermo Alcaide (ESP)
Not before 16h (Curitiba time)
NICO MASSU (CHI) or Dominik Meffert (GER)
vs
Diego Junqueira (ARG) or Simone Vagnozzi (ITA)
Followed by
Doubles match
In the second round of the Curitiba Challenger, Nico is playing the german Dominik Meffert, born in 1981 and currently # 233 at the ATP ranking.
They have never played each other in an ATP event .
Order Of Play 22/04/2010
Quadra 1
Matches start at 12h (Curitiba time)
Marcos Daniel (BRA) vs Ivan Miranda (PER)
Followed by
R.Delgado (PAR) / A.Sa (BRA) vs R.Dutra Da Silva / J.Silva (BRA)
Not before 17h
Simone Vagnozzi (ITA) vs Diego Junqueira (ARG)
Followed by
NICO MASSU (CHI) vs Dominik Meffert (GER)