Former #6 junior in the world Gastao Elias of Portugal took the first title of 2011, defeating Brazil’s Andre Ghem 6-3 6-4 in the final of the Bradesco Prime Cup in Sao Paulo. It was a battle of unseeded players in the championship match, as Elias took out third-seeded Uladzimir Ignatik of Belarus 6-7(5) 6-1 6-1 and Ghem upset the sixth seed, Tsung-Hua Yang, 6-2 6-4 in the semifinals. The win nets Gastao $1,950 in prizemoney, but more importantly adds 35 points to the 20-year-old’s ATP Ranking account, nearly doubling it (he had 36 points coming into the tournament), which will send his ranking from #604 to somewhere in the mid-400’s.
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- Sorry for the service interruption, folks (19th in a series). I should be back up again soon, hopefully! 5 years ago
- RT @VoodeMar: What a ridiculous match in Guadalajara-CH! #Struff led in 3rd set 4:0* vs. #Herbert, then was 0:4 in tie-break to win 46 64 7… 5 years ago
- RT @Tenisgrandslam: Lista la programación de 4ºs de final: desde las 2:30PM [1] Falla vs. Cuevas (URU) y [2] Ramos (ES) vs. [7] Riba (ES) h… 5 years ago
- Barranquilla R2: [2] 26yo Albert Ramos ESP #87 d 23yo Gastao Elias POR #169 7-6(4) 3-6 6-3. 5 years ago
- Guadalajara R2: [Q] 30yo Gilles Muller LUX #273 d 25yo Peter Polansky CAN #138 6-3 6-2. 5 years ago
- Guadalajara R2: [Q] 23yo Takanyi Garanganga ZIM #349 d 26yo Sam Groth AUS #171 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(2). Gets Rajeev Ram in QFs. 5 years ago
- Ball girl w/ a bout of brain flatulence, making Groth wait a mini-eon between 1st & 2nd balls. Garanganga guides ROS up line for mini-break. 5 years ago
- It'll be a final set TB for the match then. Groth's 4th buster in his last nine matches. 5 years ago
- Garanganga holds for 6-5* w/ BH DTL pass, which brings up The Final Sitdown. #dootydoodooo #dootydootdootdoooo 5 years ago
- He can't make the return on BP, however. 5-all, deuce. 5 years ago
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