Frederico Silva in the third round of Ningbo challenger

The Portuguese Frederico Silva qualified today for the third round of the Ningbo tournament, beating Tunisian Malek Jaziri in the second round of the Chinese challenger tennis circuit.

Frederico Silva, 223rd in the world ranking, imposed himself in two sets to a tennis player best placed in the ATP hierarchy, in which he occupies the 148th place, by 7-6 (10-8). and 6-4, after two hours and two minutes of confrontation.

In the third round of the Ningbo Round of 16 match, Frederico Silva will take on Japan’s Tatsuma Ito, 137th in the world rankings and seventh in the Chinese tournament.