Intro:

The world number two Roger Federer lost his opening exhibition match to Brazil's Thomaz Bellucci 7-5, 3-6 ,6-4 in the Roger Federer Tour in Sao Paulo on Thursday (6th December).

Earlier USA's Bob and Mike Bryan beat Brazil's Bruno Soares and Marcelo Melo in the opening doubles match.

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The opening match of the Roger Federer Tour in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and it was American brothers Bob and Mike Bryan who got the party started.

The Bryan brothers - winners of 12 Grand Slam doubles titles - took the opening set against Bruno Soares and Marcelo Melo of Brazil in commanding style 6-2.

Their opponents fought back impressively, to capture the second set 6-3 and level the tie.

But they were unable to push on from there with the experienced Americans opening out an emphatic 4-1 final set lead before winning it 6-3.

Next up it was the man they were all there to see - 17-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer.

But it was top ranked Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci who pulled off a major upset, defeating Federer 7-5, 3-6 ,6-4 in their opening match.

Bellucci, who is ranked 33 in the world, broke the world number two in the third game of the opening set, and went on to win it 7-5.

How's this for a point in game eight of the second set? Federer lost the point, but won the set 6-3.

In the final set, Bellucci proved too strong, winning the exhibition match 7-5, 3-6 ,6-4 in front of the vocal and delighted home crowd.