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Ecuador Open Quito
Quito, Ecuador

RESULTS – SATURDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2016

Singles – Semi-finals
[3] T. Bellucci (BRA) d [6] P. Lorenzi (ITA) 36 62 63
[5] V. Estrella Burgos (DOM) d [7] A. Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) 62 76(5)

Doubles – Final
P. Carreno Busta (ESP) / G. Duran (ARG) d T. Bellucci (BRA) / M. Demoliner (BRA) 75 64
SCHEDULE – SUNDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2016

STADIUM start 1:00 pm
[3] T. Bellucci (BRA) vs [5] V. Estrella Burgos (DOM)

FIRST TIME’S A CHARM FOR CARRENO BUSTA AND DURAN

• Pablo Carreno Busta and Guillermo Duran downed Thomaz Bellucci and Marcelo Demoliner in the doubles final on Saturday night.
• Carreno Busta and Duran were playing in their first tournament together and upended No. 2 seeds Purav Raja and Rajeev Ram and No. 3 seeds Austin Krajicek and Nicholas Monroe en route to the title.
• The Spaniard and the Argentine were competing in their first ATP World Tour doubles final.
• All three of Bellucci and Demoliner’s victories had come in match tiebreaks, including a quarter-final win over defending champions Gero Kretschmer and Alexander Satschko.

WHAT THE PLAYERS SAID

Duran: “We were having dinner together at the Australian Open, and I asked Pablo if he wanted to play in Quito together. Perhaps it was a lucky break.”

Carreno Busta: “[Guillermo] is a good player with solid returns, serves and volleys, and with him we were a very complete team. It’s easy for me when my partner is playing well.

“We were a bit nervous at the start, since it was our first final. But we were able to take advantage of our opportunities.”

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