The number 2 in world tennis, the Spanish Carlos Alcarazwill play with the Chilean Nicholas Jarry one of the semi-finals of the Argentina Openwhile in the other there will be an Argentine duel, since they will compete Federico Coria and Facundo Díaz Acosta.
Alcaraz defeated the Italian Andrea Vavassori in two sets and reached the semifinals of the Argentina Open, where he will face the Chilean Nicolás Jarry, since his rival, the Argentine Tomás Martín Etcheverry, abandoned due to injury.
At the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, the Spanish top ten defeated the world number 152 7-6 and 6-1 in one hour and 40 minutes.
Alcaraz had just beaten Camilo Ugo Carabelli from Buenos Aires in the round of 16, and this Saturday he will play in the semifinals of the tournament that will distribute prizes of $728,185, when he faces Jarry in search of a place in the final.
The tennis player, barely 20 years old, has reached 27 semifinals as a professional, of which 14 have been on clay. So far, of the 26 plays, he took forward 16 and knelt on 10.
Meanwhile, Etcheverry from La Plata, who had been playing a good match against the Chilean Jarry, but before starting the third set, decided to leave due to an injury to his right leg.
So the game closed at 6-4 and 5-7
Earlier, the ATP 250 already knew the first semifinalists of the competition, since Díaz Acosta, 87 in the world, beat Serbian Dusan Lajovic (58) 6-4 and 6-3 and Facundo Coria (106) beat his compatriot Sebastián Báez (30) by 6-1 and 6-4.
In this way, there will be an Argentine racket guaranteed in the final, since Díaz Acosta and Coria will star in the “duel” between Argentine tennis players in the first semifinal on Saturday at the Argentina Open.
Argentina Open semi-final schedule
Saturday February 17th.
Guillermo Vilas center court.
1:30 p.m.: Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) and Marcel Granollers (Spain) vs. Marcelo Melo (Brazil) and Matwe Middelkoop (Netherlands).
16: Facundo Díaz Acosta (Argentina) vs. Federico Coria (Argentina) 18: Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) vs. Nicolás Jarry (Chile) or Tomás Martín Etcheverry (Argentina).
Court number 2 15: Simone Bolelli (Italy) and Andrea Vavassori (Italy) vs.
Nicolás Barrientos (Colombia) and Rafael Matos (Brazil).
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