Frederico Silva, 174th in the ATP ranking, overcame Majchrzak, which is in 129th place in the world hierarchy, in three close sets, with the partials of 6-4, 6-7 (5-7) and 6-1 after two hours and 23 minutes.
After entering the match badly and from the initial disadvantage (0-3), the Portuguese tennis player, 26 years old, managed to recover with ‘breaks’ in the fifth and seventh games to move ahead of the scoreboard.
In the second match, Frederico Silva, who was serving in the 5-4 to close, let himself break and ended up giving in in the tie-break, postponing the decision of the meeting to the third ‘set’.
At the time of all decisions, the young Portuguese proved to be superior to the sixth seed and, with two breaks of service, will discuss with the Australian Marc Polmans (147th ATP), who beat the Italian Roberto Marcora, by 7 -6 (7-4) and 6-2, access to the tournament’s quarter-finals.
