The Argentinian Juan Manuel Cerundolo advanced tonight to the round of 16 of the ATP 250 tennis of Winston Salema contest that is played on a hard surface and constitutes the prelude to the US Openwhich will begin next week in New York.
The 21-year-old tennis player from Buenos Aires, located in position 100 of the ATP world ranking, narrowly defeated the German Yannick Hanfmann (54), with segments of 7-6 (3), 5-7 and 7-6 (4). , in a lawsuit that lasted 3 hours and 24 minutes.
In this way, Francisco’s younger brother (ranked 20th in the international ranking) leveled the series of clashes with the player from Karlsruhe (1-1), who had won the Argentina Open in Buenos Aires in three sets. Aires, last February.
On the other hand, the porteño player Facundo Diaz Acosta (93) did not find a footing with the Serbian Laslo Djere (34), who defeated him by a double 6-3 and eliminated him from the North Carolina tournament in the second round.
For tomorrow, meanwhile, it is expected that the Buenos Aires Sebastian Baez (42) will face Australian Aleksandar Vukic (51) for the third round, who prevailed over Frenchman Luca van Assche (65), with partial scores of 6-3, 6-7 and 6-3.
In other matches of the day, the local tennis players Brandon Nakashima and Sebastian Korda defeated the French Arthur Fils and Benjamin Borzi, respectively, to settle in the round of 16 of the contest, which will distribute prizes of $850,680.
Argentine tennis players have won four titles in ATP tournaments this year: Sebastián Báez became champion at the Córdoba Open and in Kitzbuhel (Austria); Francisco Cerúndolo in Eastbourne (England) and Pedro Cachín in Gstaad (Switzerland).
Source: Ambito
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