{"id":926678,"date":"2026-10-09T15:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T15:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/926678\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T15:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T15:38:11","slug":"algarve-tennis-player-reaches-braga-quarter-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/926678\/","title":{"rendered":"Algarve tennis player reaches Braga quarter-finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">The 22-year-old from Tavira defeated Spain\u2019s Nikolas Sanchez Izquierdo in straight sets on Thursday, winning 7-5, 6-3 in a match lasting just 91 minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"> It was a particularly satisfying result for Pereira, who entered the tournament ranked 339th in the world, well below his Spanish opponent at 157th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"> And it marks a personal milestone. Although Pereira has reached the quarter-finals of Challenger tournaments abroad before, this is the first time he has made it that far in a Challenger event held in Portugal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"> He had already made a promising start in Braga, beating another Spaniard, Pol Mart\u00edn Tiffon, 6-3, 6-4 in the opening round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"> Thursday\u2019s match was another confident performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"> Pereira landed 73% of his first serves and won 75% of the points played behind them. He also saved all three break points he faced, keeping his opponent from gaining a foothold in the match.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"> He had previously reached the semi-finals of the Challenger in Pozoblanco, Spain, in both 2025 and 2026, and will now be hoping to match that achievement on home soil.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"> The Braga Open is being held at the Clube de T\u00e9nis de Braga until 11 October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 22-year-old from Tavira defeated Spain\u2019s Nikolas Sanchez Izquierdo in straight sets on Thursday, winning 7-5, 6-3 in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":926679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-926678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=926678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/926679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=926678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=926678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=926678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}