Argentine tennis players Francisco Cerúndolo, Diego Schwartzman, Pedro Cachín and Tomás Etcheverry will take part from Monday in the traditional Barcelona ATP 500 that puts into play the Count of Godó Trophywith the attraction of the return to the Spanish circuit Carlos Alcaraz and the absence of his compatriot Rafael Nadal.
The tournament, which will be played on the clay court of the Royal Tennis Club of Barcelonawill distribute prizes for a total of €2,872,435 and will have the defending champion, the Murcian as the top favourite. alcarazsecond in the ATP world ranking behind the Serbian Novak Djokovic (1).
The 19-year-old from Murcia returns to the circuit after his absence due to injury to the Monte Carlo Masters 1000 and after a promising start to the year with their titles at the Argentina Open and Indian Wells, and the finals at the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro plus the semifinals in Miami.
Meanwhile, the Mallorcan Rafael Nadal (15), champion 12 times in the Count of Godóan absolute record, will not be able to reappear as planned because he has not yet overcome the injury to the iliopsoas in his left leg that has kept him inactive since last January.
nadal36, has not competed since losing in the second round of the Australian Open to the American mackenzie mcdonald and it is expected that he can reappear in one or two weeks, in the European tour on brick dust prior to Roland Garrosthe second Grand Slam of the year to be played from the last week of May.
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As for the Argentines, the draw for the main draw held this morning determined that Francisco Cerundolo (33) will start directly in the second round against the winner of the cross between the Italian Francesco Passaro (130) and the Spanish Fernando Verdasco (239).
He “Little” Schwartzman (37), for his part, will face the Chinese Yibing Wu (55) in the initial round and if he passes it he will play the Italian “top ten” Jannik Sinner (8), semifinalist this weekend in Monte Carlo and rival with whom trailed 6-0 and 3-1 last Wednesday in the Principality when he opted to withdraw from the match due to severe pain in his left shoulder.
The Cordovan from Bell Ville Pedro Cachin (65), finalist this weekend in the Challenger in Madrid, will debut in the Catalan tournament against the Dutch Gijs Brouwer (116) and if he overcomes it, he will then go against the second favorite for the title: the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (3).
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Cordoba Open Press
the platense etcheverry (59), in his best season as a professional with his access to the finals in Santiago, Chile, and Houston, United States, he will play in the initial round against the Spanish Pablo Andújar (322) and if he passes he will then go against Alejandro Davidovich from Malaga Fokina (24).
Another Argentine tennis player, the one from Santiago Marco Trungelliti (211), surpassed the German Maximilian Marterer (139) 6-2, 6-1 this morning, and his entry into the main draw will be played this Sunday against the Cantabrian Alex Martín Pujolras (345).
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Buenos Aires Challenger Press
The Count of Godó had two Argentine champions throughout his history: Martin Jaite in 1987 and Gaston Gaudio in 2002.
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