The “Peque”, second favorite for the title, had to debut directly in the second round of Estoril against the Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas (107). However, the number of matches he has been playing -he reached the semi-finals in Barcelona- made him take a break this week to focus on the Masters 1000 in Madrid and Rome.
His place is occupied by the Spanish Fernando Vardasco, who entered the main draw as a “lucky loser” and will face Cuevas for the second round of Estoril, a tournament that is part of the European tour on clay and will distribute prizes of 597,900 euros.
In this contest, Sebastián Báez (59) debuted with a victory over the Portuguese Joao Sousa (83 and champion in Estoril in the 2018 edition), 6-1 and 6-3. In the next instance, Báez will have the third seed, the Croatian Marin Cilic (23).
Meanwhile, Rosario Federico Coria (52) lost in the initial round against the Spanish Bernabé Zapata (123), emerged from the classification, by 6-4 and 6-3.
The top favorite for the title in Estoril is the Canadian Felix Auger Aliassime (9) and the Austrian Dominic Thiem (54) will also participate, who will debut against the Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi (59).
Thiem, US Open champion in 2020, is slowly returning to the circuit after overcoming an injury to his right wrist (he underwent surgery last year) and his previous tournament was the Marbella Challenger, where he lost in the opening round against Pedro from Cordoba. Cachin by 6-3 and 6-4.
Source: Ambito
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