Rio Open News
The tournament was originally scheduled for February and postponed due to the health crisis, DPA reports.
Brazil has been regularly breaking its own daily record for coronavirus deaths.
The full death toll in the country now stands at 321,515.
Top seed Dominic Thiem missed a chance to pass Roger Federer and become the world`s third-ranked player when he was knocked out of the Rio Open by Italian qualifier Gianluca Mager in a rain-delayed quarter-final match on Saturday.
The unseeded Serbian beat Canadian teenager Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3,7-5 in the final to cap the best week of his career.
Schwartzman hit 15 winners and 15 unforced errors, securing the biggest victory of his career so far in the ATP 500 clay court event.
The Slovenian defeated Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals.
Austria's defending champion Dominic Thiem progressed to the next round of the Rio Open tennis tournament by defeating Dusan Lajovic of Serbia 6-2, 7-5 on Wednesday.
Ukraine`s Dolgopolov was forced to withdraw due to a right shoulder injury.
"The whole thing seems to have been blown out of proportion," Nadal said.
Rafael Nadal said that he will play in February's Rio Open.
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