The Argentine tennis player Román Andrés Burruchaga will face the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo today in one of the semifinals of the Challenger in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Burruchaga, 21 years old and ranked 243 in the ATP world ranking, will play starting at 13 against Tabilo (125) with the aim of reaching his first final of the year, after having reached the semifinals in five Challengers, the previous ones in Santa Fe, Vicenza, Italy, Antofagasta and Coquimbo, both in Chile.
The second semifinal will be played next by the Colombian Daniel Elahí Galán (96) and the Brazilian Felipe Meligeni (147).
The Challenger in the Ecuadorian coastal city of Guayaquil is held on clay courts, will distribute a total of $80,000 in prizes and throughout its history had three Argentine champions: Nicolás Kicker in 2016, Guido Andreozzi in 2018 and Francisco Cerúndolo in 2020.
This year, Argentine tennis players won 20 tournaments in the Challenger category, which is next in importance to the ATP, according to the following detail:
Mariano Navone achieved five tournaments by winning twice in Santa Fe, also in Poznan, Poland; in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, in Bolivia; and in Buenos Aires.
Facundo Díaz Acosta became champion in Savannah, United States, in Oeiras, Portugal, and in Milan, Italy; while 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; like “Fefo” Coria, who won in Concepción, Chile, and in Szczecin, Poland; and Thiago Agustín Tirante from La Plata, who was crowned in Morelos, Mexico, and in Bogotá, Colombia.
The other four titles were from Andrea Collarini in Piracicaba, in São Paulo, Brazil; Federico Delbonis in Cali, Colombia; Genaro Alberto Olivieri in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and Camilo Ugo Carabelli in Antofagasta, Chile.
Source: Ambito
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