Argentine tennis players Facundo Bagnis, Juan Manuel Cerúndolo, Thiago Agustín Tirante, Francisco Comesaña and Román Andrés Burruchaga will debut today in the opening round of the ATP 250 in Santiago de Chile, which closes the South American tour on brick dust.
Bagnis, Born in Armstrong, Santa Fe, and ranked 148th in the ATP world ranking, he entered the tournament as a “lucky loser” and will play no earlier than 9 p.m. against Luciano Darderi (80), born in Villa Gesell and naturalized Italian.
The match will be a rematch of the Córdoba Open final that Darderi beat Bagnis 6-1, 6-4 on February 11.
The winner of the match between Bagnis and Darderi will play in the round of 16 against Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (161) or the German Yannick Hanfmann (49), who will open the day at 2:00 p.m.
The platense Strap (100), For his part, he will play no earlier than 3:30 p.m. due to the promise of tennis Brazilian Joao Fonseca (343), 17 years old.
The winner will go in the round of 16 against the Frenchman Corentin Moutet (140), who beat the Spanish Roberto Carballes Baena (66) 6-3, 5-7 and 6-2.
The man from Mar del Plata Comesaña (114), who entered the tournament as a “lucky loser”, will play no earlier than 5pm against the Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas (119) and the winner will go in the next round against the Argentine Sebastián Báez (21), second favorite for the title who will enter the main draw directly in the round of 16.
Báez, 23, won the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro last Sunday, the most important title of his career.
Burruchaga (159), Finally, he will play no earlier than 2 p.m. against the Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild (73), tournament champion in the 2020 edition.
The winner of this match will play in the round of 16 against the Frenchman Arthur Fils (44), third seed and exempt from the initial round.
Two other Argentine tennis players, Facundo Díaz Acosta and Federico Coria were in the round of 16 yesterday.
Díaz Acosta (52), champion of the Argentina Open nine days ago, He beat the Cordoban from Bell Ville Pedro Cachín (78) by 5-7, 6-3 and 7-6 (7-2), after 3 hours and 10 minutes of play.
The 23-year-old Argentine will play his next match against the Spanish Pedro Martínez (101).
Coria (88) from Rosario beat the Slovakian Alex Molcan by 6-1 and 7-6 (7-1) and will play his next match against the Chilean Nicolás Jarry (22), defending champion and top favorite for the title, who will debut directly in the round of 16.
He ATP 250 of Santiago, Chile, It takes place on clay courts and will distribute a total of $742,350.
The contest closes the South American tour on clay that was very beneficial for Argentine tennis players, with a finalist in the Córdoba Open (Bagnis) and two champions, the aforementioned Díaz Acosta and Báez, in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro.
Source: Ambito
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