Gustavo Russo concludes the season with the BT 200 title in Garopaba (SC)

Gustavo Russo concludes the season with the BT 200 title in Garopaba (SC)


The athlete from Indaiatuba (SP) closes the season with his first title playing with the Italian Luca Cramarossa




Gustavo Russo, who trains in Indaiatuba (SP), is sponsored by Fobel and Vitafor, is a Juca BT athlete, in partnership with Beach Sports Assessoria, was champion this weekend of the BT 200 in Garopaba (SC), an event with a total prize pool of 15 thousand US dollars (90 thousand R$).

Russo, currently 27th in the world, and the Italian Luca Cramarossa defeated the pair formed by the Italian Mattia Bazzi and the Brazilian Marcelo Reck by 2 sets to 0 with a score of 7/5 7/6 (7/5). This is the first result of the year in the last tournament of the season and the seventh in his career.

“I end up getting emotional here, last year I finished the finals and won the titles and this year I made the same number of finals and came second, I’m very happy to have won the title again, I’m excited because the my my family is all here to support me From the beginning we were under pressure, even Crama had made some decisions, especially because it is the last tournament of the season, we thought ‘damn, it’s over’, we want to get the result and that ends up generate pressure, but ends up creating pressure. We can deal with adversity well. Thank God we achieved this victory”, exulted Russo, who was chosen as the MVP of the championship and received a special award from Mormaii, sponsor of the tournament.

With this result, Russo should see a jump in the rankings and be close to or even inside the top 20 in the world in the rankings to be released on Monday.

In addition to the Garopaba title, Russo competed in the finals of the BT 400 in Rio de Janeiro and the BT 200 in Palme Beach, United States, and in Itumbiara (GO)

Source: Terra

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