The Argentine tennis player Thiago Tirante will face the Chilean Tomás Barrios Vera today, in one of the semifinals of the Bogotá Challenger, on a clay surface and with prizes of $160,000.
Tirante, born in La Plata and ranked 145th in the ATP world ranking, will face Barrios Vera (115th), the top favorite for the tournament title, no earlier than 2pm.
The first semifinal will be animated from 12 by the Brazilian Gustavo Heide (284) and the Spanish David Jorda Sanchís (391).
This year, Argentine tennis players won 17 tournaments in the Challenger category, which is next in importance to the ATP, according to the following detail:
Facundo Díaz Acosta became champion in Savannah, United States, in Oeiras, Portugal, and in Milan, Italy; Mariano Navone also celebrated in triplicate, in Poznan, Poland, in Santa Fe, Argentina, and in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, in Bolivia; Juan Manuel Cerúndolo raised the trophy twice, both at the Hacoaj Nautical Club facilities, in Tigre.
Francisco Comesaña from Mar del Plata also won two titles, in Vicenza, Italy, and Liberec, in the Czech Republic; Federico Coria won in Concepción, Chile, and in Szczecin, Poland.
The other five titles were by Andrea Collarini in Piracicaba, in São Paulo, Brazil; Thiago Agustín Tirante in Morelos, Mexico; Federico Delbonis in Cali, Colombia; Genaro Alberto Olivieri in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and last Sunday Camilo Ugo Carabelli in Antofagasta, Chile.
Source: Ambito
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