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Video: Thomaz Bellucci Barely Escapes The Group Stages In São Paulo

2 Comments Posted by footfaulter on November 19, 2011

Despite controversially being an outrageous amount of ranking spots higher than anyone else in the draw, Thomaz Bellucci barely crawled over the finishing line of the Round Robin group stages in the ATP Challenger Tour Finals, unimpressively scraping past Slovakia’s Martin Klizan 3-6 6-4 7-6(7). His win moved him safely through the group stages and into the semis, joining the already qualified Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, Dudi Sela and Andreas Beck. To say he was excited after defeating the world number 97 is quite the understatement.

And to top it off, he couldn’t even throw far enough for his armband to reach the crowd.

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Quotable Quotes: SO WHY DID YOU DO IT THEN?

1 Comment Posted by footfaulter on July 30, 2011

After choking away the lead against Alex Bogomolov Jr, Thomaz Bellucci played a game of “stating the obvious” in the following presser;

“You cannot lose such a match, leading 6-4 *4-3.”

No, you can’t. Yet you just did.

At this point I have fully come to accept that Thomaz is a mental midget, and though he is undoubtedly talented, his brain, or lack thereof will always hold him back. But it’s one thing to choke to the unbeaten Novak Djokovic in the semifinals of the Madrid masters, and it’s another thing altogether to choke to the great Alex Bogomolomolov in the quarters of a lowly 250 event. Poor eff.

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Thomaz Bellucci Kicks Off US Hardcourts In Style

4 Comments Posted by footfaulter on July 29, 2011

Fourth-seeded Thomaz Bellucci made a not-too-shabby start to his title run in LA by crushing Alejandro Falla 6-0 6-1 in 52 minutes.

This marks only Thomaz’s third ever tour quarterfinal on hardcourts. With his big serve, forehand and solid technique, it seems quite unbelievable that he has been unable to find any form off clay. But it’s all about movement and confidence, both of which he has lacked so much on hardcourts surfaces. However, it seems that Larri Passos has forced him to actually take the hard court season semi-seriously for once by ditching the useless claycourt 250s and training hard in the US ahead of the US Open series. And I have a funny feeling that it all may just pay off this Summer.

Also, earlier on this week, Wilson tennis decided to illustrate what Belluccinho would look like if he actually had a working head. If only!

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