The Argentine tennis player Francisco Cerúndolo started the defense of the Swedish ATP 250 title in Bastad on the right foot and settled in the quarterfinals after defeating Frenchman Luca Van Assche 6-2, 6-3, on a day in which he also won imposed by his compatriot Federico Coria.
“Fran” closing it, Located in 20th place in the ATP world ranking, he beat Van Assche (77) without incident after 1 hour and 22 minutes of play.
The 24-year-old tennis player from Buenos Aires and champion this year in Eastbourne, England, on grass, will play his next match in Rosario Federico Coria (113), who beat Swedish Leo Borg (437) 6-4, 6-2.
the rosarino choria, who yesterday in the initial round had beaten the Buenos Aires Sebastian Baez (63) by 6-4, 4-6 and 7-6 (5)used 1 hour and 24 minutes to eliminate in the last match of the day in Bastad a Borg, in a match that was suspended due to rain for approximately 1 hour in the second set, when the Argentine was about to win 6-4, 5-1, 40-40.
Leo Borg20 years old, is the son of Bjorn Borg, a contemporary world tennis legend of Guillermo Vilas from Mar del Plata who was number one in the world and won 11 Grand Slam titles, six at Roland Garros and five at Wimbledon.
Bastad’s ATP 250on a brick dust surface and with prizes of 630,705 euros, has the Norwegian Casper Ruud (4) as the top favorite for the title, who will debut tomorrow directly in the round of 16 against the Russian Alexander Shevchenko (96), who eliminated yesterday from the tournament in the initial round to Argentine Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (100), Francisco’s younger brother.
The Bastad ATP has had two Argentine champions throughout its history: Mariano Zabaleta twice, in 2003 and 2004, and Carlos Berlocq in the 2013 edition.
Source: Ambito
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