In the final of the São Paulo event, the Portuguese tennis player, 203rd in the world ranking, was defeated by the ‘home’ player, 306th, in two sets, by the 6-2 and 7-6 partials (7 -1), in a match that lasted an hour and 36 minutes.
Frederico Silva qualified on Saturday to dispute his first final of a challenger, beating the also Brazilian João Menezes, seventh seed and 204th world player, 6-4 and 6-3.
