Francisco Cerúndolo won the Argentine duel in his debut at the ATP Rio

Francisco Cerúndolo won the Argentine duel in his debut at the ATP Rio

February 19, 2024 – 21:56

Francisco Cerúndolo defeated Francisco Comesaña 6-1, 1-6 and 6-2 and advanced to the round of 16 in the Brazilian ATP 500.

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Francisco Cerúndolo defeated in his debut Francisco Comesaña by 6-1, 1-6 and 6-2, in a duel between Argentines, to advance to the round of 16 at the ATP Rio, a category 500 tennis tournament that takes place in Brazil and is part of the South American tour on brick dust.

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Located in 22nd place in the ATP world ranking, Francisco Cerúndolo He defeated Comesaña from Mar del Plata in a changing match, ranked 119th in the ecumenical tennis rankings, based on the previous tournament classification, after 1 hour and 55 minutes of play.

Francisco Cerúndolo will play in the round of 16 against the winner of the cross between the Serbian Dusan Lajovic (58) and the Colombian Daniel Elahí Galan (78), who will face each other tomorrow. The Rio competition has five other Argentines in the main draw, who will appear tomorrow.

Vicente López’s left-hander, Facundo Díaz Acosta (59), yesterday’s winner of the Argentina Open, will meet the Swiss Stan Wawrinka (67), winner of three Grand Slams throughout his career, in a first-round match. In turn, the Cordovan Pedro Cachín (76) will face the Brazilian Felipe Meligeni Alves (153), coming from the previous tournament classification.

The Buenos Aires native Sebastian Baez (30) will face the French Corentin Moutet (147), also arising from the qualy; while the Rosario Federico Coria (85) will confront another Argentine, Mariano Navone (115), a native of the city of 9 de Julio and who entered the main draw after going through the previous classification.

He ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro It takes place on clay courts, will distribute a total of $2,271,175 in prizes and has the Spaniard as the top favorite. Carlos Alcaraz (2), who will debut against the Brazilian Thiago Monteiro (117), who entered the contest at the invitation of the organizers.


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