SEVEN TOP 100 IN THE QUALIFYING OF THE MILLENNIUM ESTORIL OPEN!

Australians Tomic and Popyrin highlights best qualifying draw ever

The official list of participants in the qualifying of the Millennium Estoril Open was disclosure today, and the field looks very strong, reinforcing the overall quality of this fifth edition that. This official list includes seven players ranked in the top 100 and closes at 135. Remember that the cut-off of the main draw had already been the lowest ever – the last player with direct entry is 64º.

Qualifying players include clay court specialists Pablo Andujar and Pablo Cuevas, the controversial Australian Bernard Tomic and his emerging young compatriot Alexei Popyrin (who was in evidence in the opening rounds of the Australia Open), the british Daniel Evans (recent Delray Beach runner-up) and the return of spanish Roberto Carballes-Baena.

The qualifying phase runs from Saturday to Sunday (April 27 and 28) and, according to the new regulations, the grid has only 16 elements: 14 direct entries (according to the rankings three weeks before the event begins) plus two wild cards.

QUALIFYING

Direct Acceptances / Ranking*

Pablo Andujar (Espanha) / 70º
Hugo Dellien (Bolívia) / 76º
Bernard Tomic (Austrália) / 79º
Pablo Cuevas (Uruguai) / 83º
Guido Andreozzi (Argentina) / 90º
Daniel Evans (Grã-Bretanha) / 91º
Bradley Klahn (EUA) / 93º
Filip Kravinovic (Sérvia) / 102º
Roberto Carballes-Baena (Espanha) / 113º
Elias Ymer (Suécia) / 114º
Alexei Popyrin (Austrália) / 119º
Josef Kovalik (Eslováquia) / 120º
Bjorn Fratangelo (EUA) / 127º
Egor Gerasimov (Bielorrússia) / 135º

Alternates

1. Pedro Martinez (Espanha) / 140º
2. Simone Bolelli (Itália) / 143º
3. Filippo Baldi (Itália) / 151º
4. Salvatore Caruso (Itália) / 154º
…
15. João Domingues (Portugal) / 221º
…
23. Gastão Elias (Portugal) / 302º

*ranking 4/8/2019