Orlando Luz eyes second straight doubles final
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Medellin (Colombia) – Finalists in Cali last week, Orlando Luz and the Ukrainian Oleg Prihodko are having another great campaign with a challenger in Colombia and are in the semi-finals in Medellín. Seeded, they beat Colombians Nicolas Mejia and Johan Rodriguez 6-1, 6-4.
At 25, Orlando Luz occupies the 168th place in the ranking of doubles specialists and already occupied the 90th position in September 2021. With a campaign until the semi-finals, the gaucho receives 17 points at the ATP and can earn 30 points . if he is a finalist and up to 50 in the event of a title.
The opponents of this Friday’s semi-final will be North Americans Evan King and Vasil Kirko, seeded 4 in the event. The round will still count on another Brazilian, also from Rio Grande do Sul, Eduardo Ribeiro, who will play the singles semi-final against the American Patrick Kypson.
The national partnership formed by Mateus Alves of São Paulo and João Victor Loureiro of Minas Gerais withdrew from the competition in the quarter-finals, allowing the advancement of Australian Calum Puttergill and Canadian Kelsey Stevenson directly to the semi-finals. According to the organization of the event, Loureiro suffered this Thursday from stomach pains.
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