[Grand Slam] Australian Open 2014

[joao86]

Gastão Elias e Pedro Sousa também estão inscritos. Não esperava, veremos se vão mesmo jogar.

[joao86]

Caso se confirme Gastão e Pedro no qualy, teremos um recorde de jogadores portugueses no AO. 5 na qualificação (3+2) e João Sousa no quadro principal.

[Peplin]

Nadia Petrova out, devido à morte da mãe. Entra Tsvetana Pironkova.

[Peplin]

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Australian Open 2014: Roger Rasheed, Wally Masur, Todd Woodbridge and Nicole Bradtke give their tips

 

 

1) Who will win the Australian Open men's event?

 

RR: It's been taken out by the top four over a number of years so it's hard to go past them at the start of a calendar year. Roger [Federer] isn't in the top four so it will be interesting to see how he responds. Right now you'd have to go with Rafa [Rafael Nadal] as the No.1 player in the world but the court obviously plays into the hands of a couple of other guys. Novak [Djokovic] loves that surface.

 

WM: It's hard to go past the top four. Novak has got himself a new coach and that can sometimes put a spring in the step, but I'll pick Rafa.

 

TW: I felt Novak was going to do it again but the last couple of weeks I've been hitting with the Open ball and it feels pretty lively this year. That is going to come ripping off Nadal's racquet particularly well. Given he wasn't here last year and the form he had last year in winning two slams, he's the one to beat.

 

NB: You can't go past one of the top few, like [Andy] Murray or Djokovic. Nadal obviously had a cracker … but it comes down to the heat. Any of those three are in the mix.

 

2) Who will win the women's draw?

 

RR: It's hard to go past Serena [Williams] if she's firing and 100 per cent fit. The only one who can beat Serena at the Australian Open is Maria Sharapova. Maria has also got some weapons that can hurt Serena, the big thing will be whether she's had enough match play.

 

WM: It's very hard to go past Serena. She's been so dominant and just seems so into it lately with the new coach she has, [Patrick] Mouratoglou. She's ultra-professional, looks fitter than she's ever looked and seems to want it so badly.

 

TW: It's impossible to go past Serena. The only thing that would set her back is if she's had too much of a break and how her fitness may be. There hasn't been a stronger favourite for years and years.

 

NB: Serena had a great year and it's hard to go past her. Sharapova seems to pluck good wins from nowhere when she comes here but she's been injured in the second half of the year, so it will be tough for her. Hopefully Sam [stosur] will have a good Australian Open.

 

3) Will there be an Australian in the second week of the tournament?

 

RR: If I look in the women's side, I've said every year that Sam will make her mark in the Australian Open. I've always felt this is a court where she can play extremely well. For the men it's going to be a tougher task, they're not seeded. They're going to have to beat some quality along the way. Lleyton [Hewitt] will always back himself, he's fit and he's healthy, but it will be a tough task.

 

WM: We could see Lleyton, Bernie [bernard Tomic] and Sam, for sure. I've seen a bit of Sam and don't think she will struggle with the pressure of playing at home the way she has in the past.

 

TW: Unless Sam has a shocking draw, she will almost certainly be in the second week. The men will need help with a good draw, but both Bernard and Lleyton proved last year they could be in the second week. One thing that will happen sooner or later is that [Marinko] Matosevic will win matches, he's too good a player for that not to happen.

 

NB: Lleyton is an amazing man who keeps going, but to be honest it's not realistic. We don't have anyone seeded so that makes it tough. Tomic has been putting in the hard yards in recent weeks and could do well but again the draw needs to play out in his favour.

 

4) Will Roger Federer win another grand slam title?

 

RR: If Roger is healthy he can win another grand slam. He'll have to beat two or three of the big guys because his ranking puts him in a different part of the draw than what he's accustomed to. There's no reason if he plays his best tennis.

 

WM: It's very hard to say no. I think Wimbledon is the one. I honestly thought that year he beat [Andy] Murray, to win another major was beyond him. I'd be loath to say he can't because he may be stung into action after he lost to [Tommy] Robredo at the US Open. [Pete] Sampras and [Andre] Agassi did it late in their career and there's no reason why Federer can't do that.

 

TW: Most definitely. He's obviously asking himself questions and the confidence wasn't there as we're used to seeing from the great man. He has got one or two more slams in him, definitely. If I was to pick one he'd win, I'd say Wimbledon.

 

NB: It's hard to count him out but he needs to have an amazing two weeks and he needs everything to go his way. You can never count him out, but as the years go by he is less likely to.

 

5) What are Bernard Tomic's prospects for the summer and the rest of 2014?

 

RR: It's hard to gauge where Bernard is at. Hopefully everything gets sorted out and he's in a place where he can concentrate on tennis and enjoy the sport he grew up loving. He's got a new coach, we don't know a lot about that relationship, and [father] John is also going to be involved. We'll just watch with interest from afar and see where that journey ends up.

 

WM: Bernie has been great in Australia, always has been. He seems to enjoy the surface. He has a great skill set so with the courts being a bit faster in the heat he thrives on it and feeds off the pace. As for how he goes for the rest of the year, that's Bernie's great challenge. He just needs to find that form on a weekly basis. If he does his ranking is going to rocket.

 

TW: We go back 12 months and he played some great tennis, won Sydney and we all thought this would be the consistent year that would entrench him in the top 20. It didn't happen. He certainly has the talent and has been working hard since his 21st, he's knuckled down. In terms of slams, he loves the Australian Open and has great results there. I've got no doubt he will play well again there but it's a bit harder because he's ranked 50 in the world and won't be seeded.

 

NB: It's all up to him really. He's still young, he's got a game that frustrates a lot of players but he just needs to be in the right head space. He's got to get it together and get solid wins on the board. He's got big points to defend from Sydney so unless he wins that his ranking will drop. Hopefully he will do well.

 

6) Will Sam Stosur finally be able to perform under pressure at home?

 

RR: I truly feel the past is water under the bridge now. She's not coming here as a defending US Open champ, she finished off the year really strongly. If she just goes out and enjoys playing tennis, which I feel will happen this year, she will do good things.

 

WM: She won the US Open a few years ago and became a player everyone was gunning for. She's addressing that now … and the fact she didn't live up to expectations here, it's like she's been there and done that. She realises now it's another match and being a bit older now I think she will be OK.

 

TW: There's no guarantee but if there's a year she can come in more relaxed it's this year. She's got a new coach and had a good end to the year, lots of matches and momentum. She'll play Hopman Cup where she is guaranteed three matches and is going to Hobart where, realistically, she could or should win. She will come into the Open more likely to do well.

 

NB: In the past it's not through not wanting to do well, it's how she handles it. She's tried different scenarios every year and now she's going back to Hopman Cup. She has a new coach, which can sometimes turn you around. She had a good latter half to the year and hopefully that will give her confidence.

 

7) Who will be the next Australian talent to step on to the world stage?

 

RR: Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis are the two young guys at the front of the juniors coming through. I like the way they handled themselves with the pro players, they're not afraid to be on the court and they are not intimidated.

 

WM: Nick Kyrgios has done that to a degree. Thanasi Kokkinakis is awfully good. We've got a range of young players bubbling along even if they haven't had the stellar results those two have shown. It's hard to go past Kyrgios. Beating Radek Stepanek at the French Open and the way he played Davis Cup, he seems to have a combination of being big, strong and possessing easy power all over court.

 

TW: It's Thanasi Kokkinakis. He got to the final of the Australian Open juniors, didn't play for nearly six months because of a stress fracture in his back and then quickly came back and made the final of the US Open juniors. He's a bit underdone but he'll follow Kyrgios by quickly doing well in the men's game.

 

NB: Kyrgios and Kokkinakis have a bright future. On the girls' front you've got Ash Barty. I'd like to think in 2014 she will make headway in her singles performances. If she can get inside the top 100 by the Australian Open, that would be fantastic.

 

8) What should we expect from Lleyton Hewitt at this point in his career?

 

RR: Having spent a lot of time with Lleyton Hewitt over the years, you can always expect a lot of passion with his tennis. His tennis at the Australian Open will be of a good level, there's no doubt about that. It's time for the Australian fans to embrace collectively what Lleyton has done for our sport as a nation. He has given everything to the game and you can't ask for more than that from an athlete.

 

WM: We can expect some good tennis. He has been training hard. You look at how he played in the US Open and finally his body is coming together. He's working his tail off to be ready and he will be prepared. It all comes down to the draw.

 

TW: Lleyton's goal is to go as deep as he can in majors. He went to the round of 16 in the US Open so I think the quarters is reasonable. For Lleyton to do well at the Open he has got to have some quick matches.

 

NB: You always expect a person who is highly competitive and never gives up. He won't be seeded so he will have to make it through the tough way. He'll always give 100 per cent and that's all you can ask.

 

Roger Rasheed has coached the likes of Lleyton Hewitt, Gael Monfils and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, and is working with Grigor Dimitrov. Commentator for the Seven Network.

 

Wally Masur is a former Australian Open semi-finalist who coached Australia's Davis Cup team. Commentator for Fox Sports.

 

Todd Woodbridge won 16 grand slam doubles finals and is an Olympic gold medallist. Commentator for Seven.

 

Nicole Bradtke won three WTA titles, and coaches Australia's Federation Cup team.

 

Stellar line-up set to roll into Melbourne

 

 

Top ranked wheelchair tennis players Shingo Kunieda (JPN) and Aniek van Koot (NED) will headline the men’s and women’s fields for the Optus Australian Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships 2014 at Melbourne Park from 22-25 January.

 

The first Grand Slam event of the year will feature the top seven ranked male and female players in the world as of the entry cut-off date, as well as one wildcard in each draw.

 

Kunieda heads into Australian Open 2014 after a successful year on tour, winning two Grand Slam titles. He scored a comfortable win over top seed Stephane Houdet (FRA) at Australian Open 2013, then took out the Wimbledon doubles final alongside Houdet in July.

 

Van Koot will also roll into Australian Open 2014 on a high after winning the Australian Open 2013 singles, the doubles title at Wimbledon, where she partnered with second seed Jiske Griffioen (NED), and most recently the singles crown at the US Open.

 

Next month Sydneysiders Ben Weekes (Strathfield, NSW) and Adam Kellerman (St Ives, NSW) will go head-to-head in a one-match showdown to secure the single men’s wildcard up for grabs. The pair will hit the court at Melbourne Park on Monday 20 January to fight for entry to next month’s Grand Slam.

 

Fellow Australian Dylan Alcott OAM will carry local hopes in the men’s quad event, with the Victorian awarded a wildcard to compete at his first Grand Slam event at Melbourne Park in January.

 

Alcott, who will be joined by the top three ranked players worldwide in the quad event, said he was thrilled to have been granted entry to his first major.

 

“It’s awesome to think I will be playing in the Open and great to have that wildcard,” he said.

 

“I’ve been training hard for the past three months, hitting every day and doing sessions in the gym. I’ve got five tournaments in the next three weeks so it’s full on. I’ve been doing a lot of hitting but not playing so many matches, so it’s just about getting some sets in before the Open."

 

Formerly a Paralympic basketballer, Alcott will compete for the first time in his hometown in front of his friends and family.

 

“I think most of my friends are looking forward to it… It’s a great feeling (to be playing in Melbourne). We’ve got some awesome facilities here."

 

A newcomer to the sport, Alcott took up tennis in July this year after making the switch from wheelchair basketball, having won Paralympic gold in Beijing in 2008 and silver in London 2012.

 

“I played basketball for so long, so as an athlete the switch to tennis was quite easy,” he said.

 

The total prize purse for the Optus Australian Open Wheelchair Championships is $USD90,000. The full field is listed below (figures in brackets indicate world ranking at cut-off date):

 

Men

 

Shingo Kunieda (JPN) (1)

Stephane Houdet (FRA) (2)

Joachim Gerard (BEL) (3)

Gordon Reid (GBR) (4)

Maikel Scheffers (NED) (5)

Gustavo Fernandez (ARG) (6)

Michael Jeremiasz (FRA) (7)

Australian Wildcard TBC

 

Women

 

Aniek van Koot (NED) (1)

Sabine Ellerbrock (GER) (2)

Yui Kamiji (JPN) (3)

Jiske Griffioen (NED) (4)

Marjolein Buis (NED) (5)

Kgothatso Montjane (RSA) (6)

Jordanne Whiley (GBR) (7)

Lucy Shuker (GBR) (8) (WC)

 

Quads

 

David Wagner (USA) (1)

Lucas Sithole (RSA) (2)

Andy Lapthorne (GBR) (3)

Dylan Alcott (AUS) (WC)

 

In ausopen.com

[Peplin]

 

 

Andy Murray hopes to win Australian Open 2014

World No. 4 Andy Murray said that he will try his best to excel at the upcoming Australian Open 2014

 

 

Reigning Wimbledon Champion Andy Murray is targeting more success in his tennis' career. After a successful 2013, the Brit is hoping for a better season in 2014, which, he believes, can be initiated through the Australian Open.

 

In an interview with the Sky Sports, Murray said: "I want to try and win as much as I can. I lost enough times in big matches to not want to do that."

 

"I don't want to lose four slam finals in a row again; that was horrible. But I also know how hard it is to win those tournaments," he continued further.

 

"It may never happen again, I might not win another one but I just want to give myself the best chance to do that and that's why we do the work over here and train and prepare as best as we can.

 

"Hopefully I'll give myself an opportunity to win another one."

[Hugo Jr.]

Tem hipóteses

[Joao Pereira]

Se evitar o Djokovic, acredito.

 

Estou sedento de ténis, odeio estes interregnos. Já com o basket é a mesma coisa.

[Lleyton]

Eu acredito mais se evitar o Nadal.

[Mr. White]

Eu acredito mais se evitar o Nadal.

Também acho que é mais por aqui. Vejo-o a ter mais hipóteses contra o Djokovic. Mas depende da forma em que regressar.

[Peplin]

 

Australian Open 2014: Women's Preview

 

Last year, the Australian Open came to a standstill for a few minutes when a little known Sloane Stephens ousted the overwhelming favourite Serena Williams from the quarterfinals of the tournament, opening the door for Victoria Azarenka to be crowned as the Queen of the Rod Laver Arena yet again. However, a bad back was in part responsible for the American Typhoon's early exit in 2013, something one cannot expect from the reigning French and US Open champion this year. If at all, someone can stop the 32 year old from lifting her 18th Grand Slam - it is Victoria Azarenka, otherwise the Floridian will surely put herself on level terms with the legendary Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert as far as number of Slam victories are concerned.

 

While the men’s section of the Australian Open has been dominated by the holy troika of Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal in the last 10 years, the women’s segment has seen the supremacy of Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka with triumphs for Amelie Mauresmo, Maria Sharapova and Kim Clijsters in between. Once more, the pundits are expecting a seesaw battle between the two leading ladies of the WTA Tour – Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka with the rest of the crop trying to catch them off guard. TennisEarth previews the probable front-runners, the underdogs and the dark horses for the 102nd edition of the Open.

 

Favourites

 

Serena Williams: The Greatest Player of her generation, Serena Williams will head into the Australian Open as the player to beat. The World No.1 who compiled an incredible 78-4 win/loss record for the season including two Grand Slams and the Season Ending WTA Championships will arrive in Melbourne with an 18 match winning streak and will be eager to cement her position as the ‘Best Ever’ by winning her sixth Aussie Open and 18th Grand Slam crown.

 

Victoria Azarenka: In the present scenario, the Belarusian seems to be the only player who has both the armoury and the attitude to overcome the might of Serena Williams – something, she did quite well in 2013, triumphing over the superstar twice in the finals of Doha and Cincinnati and pushing her to the third and the final set in the championship clash of the US Open.

 

However, the two time defending Australian Open champion mustn’t forget that she is yet to trounce Williams in a Slam final – losing out to the 17 times Major winner in back-to-back finals at Flushing Meadows in 2012 and 2013. And, if Azarenka wants to achieve that career defining victory over Serena, then she must not be afraid of taking her chances, which is to play an extremely high level of tennis for at least 2 hours.

 

Underdogs

 

Na Li: The two time former finalist and the top ranked Asian is a huge crowd favourite in Melbourne. Li will look to go a step further this time round as she came particularly close to knocking out Victoria Azarenka from her position of being the champion last year. However, the match took a decisive turn when the Chinese star hit her head into the surface of the court – shaken by the incident, Li began to make shoddy errors, giving way to yet another Azarenka victory inside the Rod Laver Arena.

 

Maria Sharapova: The 2008 champion and the fan favourite played exceedingly well last year – dropping the least number of games en-route her journey to the semi-finals. But, somehow she came unstuck against Na Li who simply tore her game apart in the last four to move into the finals against Victoria Azarenka.

 

Nonetheless, after recovering from a recurring shoulder injury once more and a new coach in her corner and a new found vigour, Maria will like to stay in the tournament for as long as possible – perhaps to win the trophy for the second time to lay her hands on a fifth Grand Slam crown.

 

Dark Horse

 

Agnieszka Radwanska: The ‘Queen of Subtlety’ as she is called will launch her campaign to claim her debut Grand Slam title in Melbourne all over again. After losing out to Na Li in the quarterfinals in 2013, the Pole will look to use her deft touch and her nimble footwork to outwit her adversaries to prove to her critics that her style of tennis still works in Tennis.

 

Yet, we mustn’t read too much about how she will be able to overcome the raw power of Serena Williams, or the hard hitting of Victoria Azarenka as the World No.5 certainly has the game to outfox the best of the lot and it is just a matter of time when we will see Aga deceiving them with her artistry on court.

 

 

Australian Open 2014: Men's Preview

 

The Australian Open will mark the commencement of a new order in men's tennis which will see the return of the 1980s as three of the Big Four of Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Roger Federer will have the assistance of yesteryear stars Boris Becker, Ivan Lendl and Stefan Edberg respectively. While, the Scot had hired the Czech as his mentor sometime back, Fedex and the Serbinator surprised everyone by appointing the Swede and the German as their individual coaches. Surely, the entire talk heading into Melbourne is about these new alliances, yet we mustn't forget the current No.1 Rafael Nadal who could end up creating history in Oz as by winning the tournament he can become the only man in the Modern Era to win every Major at least twice.

 

The Grand Slam of the Asia Pacific has been given the epithet of the ‘Happy Slam’ by the players as they love the atmosphere of Melbourne Park - the intensity and the heat, the buzz that is around the grounds and most importantly the warmth that is showered on them by the fans. Once again, the Opening Slam will become a place of unparalleled drama, where emotions will run high as both Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will wage a full throttle war to rewrite the record books of Tennis. We at TennisEarth offer you a sneak peek into the upcoming Open – The favourites, the underdogs and the dark horses.

 

Favourites

 

Rafael Nadal: The Spanish Winning Machine’s coach and his uncle Tony Nadal has declared that his nephew’s main target in 2014 is to win the Aussie Open as that would make him only the second player ever in the history of the sport after Rod Laver to win each of the four Majors at least two times. Uncle Tony commented: “The challenge in 2014 will be to win Australia, because it would achieve something only Rod Laver did, which is twice winning the four (Grand Slams).”

 

Moreover, if he wins the competition at the Rod Laver Arena, he would have a pretty good chance of accomplishing something that hasn’t been achieved since 1992, that is to win the Australian Open and the French Open in the same calendar year. However, it wouldn’t be as easy as it may sound as his fiercest rival Novak Djokovic will not relinquish his thrown without a fight.

 

And, the plexicushion surface that is used at the Open gives Novak a definitive advantage as the Serb is a master at the art of outmanoeuvring his opponents – Nadal included and that’s why he has been unbeatable on the blue synthetic courts of the Victorian capital in the last 3 years.

 

Novak Djokovic: Like Rafa Nadal, the Serbian Express will have the chance of standing atop the pedestal in Melbourne if he wins his fourth consecutive trophy inside the Rod Laver Arena as that would give him an unprecedented 5th crown in Australia – something nobody has achieved in the past. If Djokovic succeeds in doing so, he will surpass both Roger Federer and Andre Agassi who have won four titles each at Melbourne Park.

 

Nonetheless, the one man who can spoil the Monte Carlo resident’s party is Rafael Nadal and the southpaw knows it really well – after-all he pushed Djokovic to the limits in the final two years ago when the duo produced some breathtaking stuff for nearly six hours. Yet, Novak’s spectacular run of 24 consecutive match wins during the concluding stages of 2013 including two lop-sided victories over Nadal would give him the much needed boost for Australia.

 

Underdogs

 

Andy Murray: As amusing it may sound, despite making three finals in Australia, Andy Murray will not arrive in Australia as one of the front-runners for the title as the Glaswegian is not ready at all for an assault at the ‘First Major of the Year.’ After undergoing back surgery in the middle of September, Andy has just returned to the courts in late November and will not be match-ready until the later part of February. So, a deep run in Melbourne is highly unlikely and we could see him making an early exit from the tourney as he is yet to shrug off the rust of months of inaction from the game.

 

Roger Federer: As funny it may sound, the 17 times Grand Slam champ – a man who has been triumphant in Australia on four different occasions in the past will head to Melbourne as a huge underdog. The master who never looked his usual self in 2013 due to an ailing back will be hoping to swing his fortunes around with the help of his new coach Swedish legend Stefan Edberg and what he says a pain free back.

 

Still, one has to be a bit realistic – his ranking has plummeted to No.6 in the World and that makes the situation a bit tougher for the 32 year old. He could now have to confront all the other members of the Fab Four to lift the trophy in Australia – something that is an assignment of mammoth proportions even for Federer. But, with a small piece of luck who knows he might just recreate the same good old magic yet again.

 

Dark Horse

 

Juan Martin Del Potro: The man who is considered to be the biggest threat to the supremacy of the Big Four and often described as the guy who would transform the Fab Four into the Big Five – Juan Martin Del Potro will be the player to watch out for in Melbourne. With 4 trophies in 2013 and a re-entry into the top-5 of the rankings, the Argentine is back to his very best and can prove to be the principal stumbling block for the likes of Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Andy Murray.

[Peplin]

 

Fabio Fognini doubtful for Australian Open 2014

The Italian pulled out of the ATP Aircel Chennai Open 2014 in India due to thigh injury

 

World No. 16 Fabio Fognini is doubtful for the upcoming Australian Open 2014, slated to be held from January 13.

 

Fognini, 26, had withdrawn from the doubles in Chennai on Monday, and later pulled out halfway through his singles match on Thursday due to an injured thigh.

 

"I feel very bad that I am not being able to compete in this tournament," Sky Sports quoted Fognini. "I felt okay for the last two days, but there was a lot of pain during the match," he continued.

 

"I really don't know what I will do now. Whether I should go home, or go to Sydney to practice. At this stage I can't say I will be fit for the Australian Open," he added further.

 

"I need to have check-ups to know the full extent of the injury, but the only thing I can do now is rest and hope for the best."

[joao86]

Pedro Sousa, Gastão Elias e Michelle Brito falham o AO.

[Peplin]

[Hugo Jr.]

Impressão minha ou a Sharapova parece mais forte fisicamente?

[Descartes]

A Sharapova é a loura.

[joao86]

Impressão minha ou a Sharapova parece mais forte fisicamente?

Não me parece. :mrgreen:

[Hugo Jr.]

A Sharapova é a loura.

 

:lol:

 

Pareceu-me mais forte de pernas no video, pode ser só impressão.

[Peplin]

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[Descartes]

Frank Dancevic (CAN) [8] vs Egor Gerasimov (BLR)

Bobby Reynolds (USA) vs Miloslav Mecir (SVK)

Rui Machado (POR) vs Boy Westerhof (NED)

Yuki Bhambri (IND) vs Potito Starace (ITA) [28]

 

 

O Bhambri não vai ser nada fácil. E o Dancevic também é muito complicado. Mas em termos gerais até foi um bom sorteio para o Rui.

[Peplin]

Stream para o qualifying:

 

[Peplin]

Federer - Tsonga às 9h15 no Eurosport.

[Mesut Ozil]

Rui Machado eliminou o Westerhof, em três sets, depois de ter perdido o primeiro. Vai defrontar o Starace.

[Descartes]

O Rui teve mais dificuldades do que eu estava à espera. A boa notícia é que o Starace ganhou ao Bhambri.

[joao86]

O Rui teve mais dificuldades do que eu estava à espera. A boa notícia é que o Starace ganhou ao Bhambri.

Normal, ele precisava de uma vitória destas. Muito suada, daquelas que dão muita confiança e ritmo. Já não jogava há muito tempo, era previsível que a primeira ronda fosse muito complicada, tal como vão ser todas. Cada ronda irá ser um teste de superação para o Rui.

 

Agora tem um dia de descanso, que certamente vai precisar.