In the past two years, as Chinese men's tennis has continued to make breakthroughs, many netizens have begun to pay attention to tennis competitions. However, because of this, these people do not know much about the division of tennis matches. In response to this situation, many well-known media outlets will write articles detailing the classification of these tennis matches. Of course, the author is no exception, and once wrote the article "Talking about the digression of tennis, talking about the author's views on the level of tennis competition", which was placed on "Tennis Home", and interested readers can take a look.

Because it is a tennis match, there are naturally winners and losers. Generally speaking, the winner will keep moving forward with his head held high, and the loser will naturally go home. However, there are always exceptions. For a variety of reasons, whether it's a Hope, a Challenger, a tour, or even a Grand Slam event, when it comes time for the main event, there will always be highly-ranked players who drop out of the tournament for various reasons, giving players who have lost from the qualifying tiebreaker a chance to be lucky enough to make it to the main event. Because they have already lost and have been lucky, they are often referred to as the lucky losers.

Because he was a lucky loser, there was a gap between him and the players who directly entered the main tournament in terms of strength and ranking. Because of this, it is often difficult for most lucky losers to make it to the end, but there are always exceptions. No, this week, a lucky loser took his world ranking to the top 100 with a two-game winning streak on the tour. And this is also the first time that he has entered the top 100 in the world ranking since he entered the professional tennis world. So, who is this player? Who are the opponents he has won on the tour? Today, let the humble article take you to see it.

This player is the Portuguese Faria, who is a post-00 player. Last season was a breakthrough season for Faria. This year, Faria won 20 straight matches in the Hope Tournament. This record even surpassed the record of Mongolian player Buyun Chaokert in the hope match. Not only that, but Faria also won two Challenger championships this year, and the world ranking has risen by nearly 300 places.

Still, many times, Faria has to start with qualifying tournaments on tour, and this week he appeared in the qualifying tournament for the ATP 500 Rio de Janeiro Open. In the first round of qualifying, Faria defeated a wild card player in straight sets. However, unfortunately, he was beaten off by Juan Manuel Cerundolo, who had won the tournament in the final round of qualifying, and missed the main event. However, with so many high-ranked players dropping out of the main draw, and Faria was the third seed in the qualifying round, he was able to enter the main draw of the ATP 500 Rio de Janeiro Open as a lucky loser.

In the first round of the main event, facing Chilean qualifier Barrios, Faria did not relent, defeated his opponent in straight sets in two sets, and lived up to the luck given to him by God. In the second round, Faria will face Spain's Munar, who has just reached the semi-finals of his first career ATP 500 tournament and is in good form. In this match, the two battled it out to the deciding set, and in the end, Faria defeated Munar for the first time in a two-game winning streak on tour.

Sadly, in the quarter-finals, Faria was unable to go further against another lucky loser, Argentina's Hugo Carabelli. If you want to know more about Hugo Carabelli, you can check out this article "Don't be afraid to lose a set first, win two sets in a row to win the biggest victory of your career". Despite failing to go further, Faria's run to the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 Rio de Janeiro Open allowed him to enter the top 100 for the first time, his highest world ranking since entering professional tennis. In the process of writing this article, I received the support of this netizen from Anhui Province, and I would like to express my gratitude.

A lot of times, the world of tennis is really just a teahouse. In this teahouse, there are many, many tea customers who have been here for a long time, and some of them have become quite famous. However, there are always fledgling tea drinkers who come here and look forward to tasting the sweet tea with their own efforts. And the author is just a small scholar in the corner of this teahouse who tells the stories of these tea customers in obscurity. I hope my article can bring some fresh information to all fans. Whether it's compliments or criticisms, maybe it's just to be able to get me far. That's it for today, and it continues tomorrow.(Source: Tennis Home Author: Yixin Jushi)