Andre, 26, and George, 24, faced one of the country’s new teams, the one of Guto Carvalhaes and Arthur Mariano in the final, and used their chemistry to down their opponents 21-18, 21-14 and take the title of the tournament held inside the Brazilian Federation’s training center.
“We have to thank our coaching staff a lot because of how well they prepared us for this tournament, especially considering the pandemic,” George commented. “It was really important for us to return with a victory. We lost a match early in the tournament, but managed to find our way in the elimination bracket and we need to be ready for it to happen other times in the season because the tour is very competitive.”
The defending champions were responsible for the elimination of Olympic champion Alison Cerutti and Olympian-to-be Alvaro Filho in the quarterfinals. Evandro Goncalves and Bruno Schmidt, who as Alison and Alvaro are guaranteed at next year’s Tokyo Olympics, exited the tournament in the first elimination round, ranking ninth.
