Not entirely absent for the 6th edition… The Rio Open is missing Maria Esther Bueno this year, a tournament that she supported from the outset and worked diligently to promote, even last year when she was already unwell. “It will…
Brazil’s Maria Esther Bueno passed away six months ago and she is still profoundly missed. Now she is being honoured at her home club, the Sociedade Harmonia de Tênis in São Paulo, where a tournament bearing her name was held…
Since the weekend tributes, both public and personal, have been pouring in following the death of Maria Esther Bueno, a highly revered champion who was much loved around the world. This great champion battled cancer for over a year and…
It is with great sadness that the tennis world has learned of Maria Esther Bueno’s death in São Paulo on 8 June after a long battle with cancer at the age of 78. She had her family around her and…
Wins Brasil Open… Maria Esther Bueno has always thought that Fabio Fognini is a remarkably talented player and by winning the Brasil Open in São Paulo over the weekend, he just proved her point. “He is such a nice guy…
Maria Esther Bueno spent last week working at the Rio Open presented by Claro, the first ATP World Tour 500 tournament in Brazilian history and one of the few played on clay, along with Barcelona and Hamburg, that proved to…
