The Italians Bolelli and Vavassori, 3rd seeded, won 6-2 and 7-6 (8-6) against the Spanish-Argentine duo, the top favorite of the Argentina Open.
The Argentine tennis player Horacio Zeballos and his Spanish partner Marcel Granollersthe top favorites for the title at the Argentina Open, lost the final of the doubles draw with the Italians Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori by 6-2 and 7-6 (8-6).
Horacio ZeballosNo. 11 in the world doubles ranking, and Marcel Granollers (12) fell to the Italians Bolelli (28) and Vavassori (27) after one hour and 40 minutes of play on the central court of the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club. The doubles final was the appetizer of the main course, the fight for the singles title between the Argentine Facundo Díaz Acosta (87) and the Chilean Nicholas Jarry (21), third favorite.
Horacio Zeballos, 38 years old, could not claim victory in the Argentina Open, since he has a collection of four titles as a doubles player, all with different partners. The man from Mar del Plata lifted the trophy in 2010 in a duo with Sebastian Prietoin 2018 with Andrés Molteniin 2019 with the tandilense Maximo Gonzalez and in 2020 with Granollers, who, for its part, was champion of the Argentina Open in 2020 with Horacio Zeballos and he also won it in 2009 with Alberto Martin and in 2014 with Marc Lopezboth Spanish.
The prelude to Facundo Díaz Acosta’s title
In the preview of the definition of the singles between Facundo Díaz Acosta and Nicholas Jarry There was a lot of expectation for a possible new consecration of the man from Mar del Plata. But his rivals, finalists in January at the Australian Open, were superior. “Thanks to Marcel for coming, it is never easy and having him here is an honor. And to my family, some of those who came from Mar del Plata. The years go by and I continue to get excited,” he commented Horacio Zeballosafter receiving the runner-up trophy.
Besides, Horacio Zeballos He made a promise that generated a shower of applause: “It was nice to play here again. I thank the organizers. And I’m not going to retire until this is an ATP 500. So we’ll see you next year.”
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