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Tennis: Poland’s Kubot into semis at Rio Open

21.02.2020 11:45
Poland’s Łukasz Kubot and Brazil’s Marcelo Melo have made it into the semi-finals of the men’s doubles at the Rio Open tennis tournament in Brazil.
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The Polish-Brazilian duo, who are the no. 2 seeds, on Thursday beat Czech Roman Jebavý and Slovak Igor Zelenay 6-4, 6-2 in the second round.

Kubot and Melo on Wednesday dispatched Hungary’s Attila Balázs and Brazil’s Fernando Romboli 6-3, 7-5.

The Polish-Brazilian pair were on Friday evening set to take on Italian duo Federico Gaio and Salvatore Caruso.

Kubot and Melo were in 2017 named the men’s doubles team of the year by the International Tennis Federation (ITF).

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Source: PAP