the Rio de Janeiro ATP 500 tournament was disrupted by rain on Friday, for the second day in a row, and all quarter-finals were postponed to Saturday, with the tournament still set to end on Sunday.
e clash between the Italian Matteo Berrettini, world N.6, and Thiago Monteiro (106th), best Brazilian player, initially scheduled for Thursday, started around noon, then he was interrupted when the Italian led 6-4, 6-7 (6/8) and 4-3 in the deciding set. It resumed early in the evening and Berretini only had to score two games to earn his ticket to the quarter-finals.
The last game late, between the Argentinian Federico Delbonis and the Spanish hope Carlos Alcaraz, was interrupted at 5-4 for the Spaniard, then he resumed and the youngest won in two sets. He will meet Berettini on Saturday in the quarter-finals.
