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Gastão Elias in the quarterfinals of Forli’s challenger
Gastão Elias needed an hour and 53 minutes on Italian dirt to eliminate Orlando Luz, 23, who ranks 328th in the world hierarchy, 6-4 and 7-6 (9-7), from the tournament in category 80 of the ATP Challenge Tour.
After a balanced and calm opening set with only one break in service in the last game, Gastão Elias wasted a ‘match point’ in the 10th game of the second game and was forced to save two ‘set points’ in the ‘tie- break’ to seal the triumph.
In the quarter-finals, the champion of the Open de Oeiras IV will face the winner of the match between Italian Raul Brancaccio (336th ATP) and Croatian Duje Ajdukovic (297th ATP).
