Proceedings are getting down to valuable points in Portugal and early Championship Tour qualification dreams are already in the books. Men's Round of 32 wrapped with Rafael Teixeira and Maxime Huscenot notching brilliant heat wins, but it was Samuel Pupo's moment back in the spotlight as the former CTer requalifed to join the world's best once more. Women's head-to-head bouts followed with current Challenger Series No. 1 Sally Fitzgibbons firing into the Quarterfinals once more before emerging talent Laura Raupp rattled the event in decimating form. Heavy fog persisted and competition was called OFF before the women could conclude their Round of 16 bouts.
