Brasil Open - Etapa 13: Felipe e Indio crowned champions in Nova Lima

Brasil Open got under way on Friday, 13 March 2026, in Nova Lima - MG.

Three days and 27 matches later, the title went to Indio e Felipe, who lost before the semifinals, dropped into the repechage and won 5 matchups in a row to lift the trophy the long way round.

Areia Score tracked 27 matches play by play, logging 1,658 actions. Below: the full podium, the individual standouts and the numbers behind the tournament.

Friday: the Brasil Open qualifier

Day one belonged to the qualifier, the way into the main draw. Four duos came through: Bernardo e Scarpelli, Gui Nascimento e Vina, Juan e Dudu Storck and Tavinho BA e Edson Junio.

Saturday: the main draw in Nova Lima

The pro draw opened on 14 March 2026, with 16 duos. It runs as a double elimination: a loss drops you into the repechage with a way back, a win keeps you in the winners bracket.

Four duos went through the winners bracket unbeaten and booked a direct place in Sunday's quarterfinals: Brisa e Marcola, Beguinha e Giovane, Tavinho e Gui BSB and Thierry e Biel.

Brisa e Marcola beat Sandrey e Michel 18 x 13 and Indio e Felipe 18 x 12.

Beguinha e Giovane beat Iuri e Murilo 18 x 12 and Davi e Fernando 18 x 11.

Tavinho e Gui BSB beat Juan e Dudu Storck 18 x 14 and Paulinho e Matteus 18 x 13.

Thierry e Biel beat Amaury e Vitinho 18 x 12 and Dudu e Arthur 18 x 10.

Saturday sent a big name down to the repechage too: Indio e Felipe lost to Brisa e Marcola 18 x 12 and had no margin for error from there.

Sunday: the Brasil Open decider

The quarterfinals

Brisa e Marcola v Beguinha e Giovane

Brisa e Marcola beat Beguinha e Giovane 18 x 15.

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Tavinho e Gui BSB v Thierry e Biel

Tavinho e Gui BSB beat Thierry e Biel 18 x 11.

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The repechage quarterfinals

Dudu e Arthur v Beguinha e Giovane

Beguinha e Giovane beat Dudu e Arthur 18 x 11.

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Indio e Felipe v Thierry e Biel

Indio e Felipe beat Thierry e Biel 19 x 17.

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Into the 15 March 2026 decider, the four duos that reached the semifinals were Brisa e Marcola and Tavinho e Gui BSB, through the winners bracket, and Indio e Felipe and Beguinha e Giovane, back from the repechage.

The semifinals

Brisa e Marcola 0 x 2 Indio e Felipe

Indio e Felipe controlled the opener, 18 x 15. Indio e Felipe held on in the second, 18 x 16, to close the matchup out.

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Tavinho e Gui BSB 0 x 2 Beguinha e Giovane

The opener went point for point, and Beguinha e Giovane edged it 20 x 18. Beguinha e Giovane held on in the second, 31 x 29, to close the matchup out.

Every game point by point on Areia Score: game 1, game 2.

Third-place match

Brisa e Marcola beat Tavinho e Gui BSB 18 x 16.

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The final

Indio e Felipe won both games against Beguinha e Giovane to take the matchup 2 to 0. Indio e Felipe controlled the opener, 18 x 15. Indio e Felipe held on in the second, 18 x 16, to close the matchup out.

Every game point by point on Areia Score: game 1, game 2.

Felipe led the scoring in the decider, with 23 attack points.

Indio e Felipe take the title.

The champions' run at Brasil Open

Indio e Felipe went through 7 matchups across the weekend and won the last 5 in a row. The full road, from the slip to the title:

• First round: beat Bernardo e Scarpelli 18 x 13
• Round of 16: lost to Brisa e Marcola 12 x 18
• Losers round 2: beat Tavinho BA e Edson Junio 18 x 16
• Losers round 3: beat Davi e Fernando 18 x 13
• Losers round 4: beat Thierry e Biel 19 x 17
• Semifinals: beat Brisa e Marcola 2 to 0 (18 x 15, 18 x 16)
• Final: beat Beguinha e Giovane 2 to 0 (18 x 15, 18 x 16)

Podium

• 1º Felipe e Indio (+2,000 ranking points)
• 2º Giovane e Beguinha (+1,400 ranking points)
• 3º Marcola e Brisa (+1,000 ranking points)
• 4º Gui e Tavinho (+800 ranking points)

Giovane e Beguinha finished as runners-up and Marcola e Brisa completed the podium.

Individual standouts

Top scorer: Felipe, 90 attack points for Felipe e Indio.

Best conversion: Brisa, 77.5% conversion (31 points from 40 attacks).

Top defender: Beguinha, 34 defenses across 8 matches.

Foot points (shark): Felipe, 52 points.

Head points: Felipe, 36 points.

The matches that mattered

Biggest comeback: Davi e Fernando came back from 6 points down to beat Gui Nascimento e Vina 20 x 18, in the first round.

Longest match: Tavinho e Gui BSB 29 x 31 Beguinha e Giovane, 60 points played in total, in the semifinals.

Every team's stat line

Everything the scout logged per team: score, attack, defense, blocks and errors. Attack, defense, blocks and errors add up the whole squad and count only the matches that were scouted.

P = matches played, W = wins. Conversion is the ratio of attacks that scored to attacks attempted.

The tournament in numbers

• 27 matches analyzed
• 1,658 actions recorded
• 1,101 attack points
• 375 defenses
• 185 unforced errors
• Head attack: 223 points from 443 attempts (50%)
• Foot attack: 467 points from 615 attempts (76%)

The tournament wrapped up

Felipe e Indio stay atop the ranking, 7,180 points ahead of Gui BSB e Tavinho. Check the full ranking at: /en/ligas/lbf/duplas

The broadcast of this tournament has already reached 321,390 views on YouTube, across 5 videos.

Every match of Brasil Open is available with full point-by-point statistics on the tournament page.