The Argentinian Facundo Díaz Acosta, champion in the Argentina Open 10 days ago, will be measured today against the Spanish Pedro Martínez for the round of 16 of the ATP 250 in Santiago, Chile, in a day in which two other national rackets will also be presented, Thiago Agustín Tirante and Federico Coria.
Diaz Acosta, Located in 52nd place in the ATP world ranking, he will open the day at 2 p.m. against the Spanish Martínez (101).
The tennis player born 23 years ago in La Lucila, in Vicente López, beat the Cordoba native in the initial round Pedro Cachín (78) and if he also beats the Spaniard and reaches the quarterfinals, he will meet on Friday in that instance with the Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild (73) or Frenchman Arthur Fils (44).
The platense Strap (100)for its part, after having eliminated the Brazilian in the initial round Joao Fonseca (343), will play no earlier than 3:30 p.m. against the Frenchman Corentin Moutet (140).
If he wins, the 22-year-old tennis player will play in the quarterfinals against the winner of the match, which will be cheered on by the Rosario team. “Fefo” Coria 88) and the Chilean Nicolás Jarry (22), finalist of the Argentina Open, top favorite and defending champion in Santiago.
Coria he beat him in the opening round Slovak Alex Molcan (135) and will try to beat Jarry for the first time, with whom he lost in the Future in Santiago 2015, in the Challenger in Santiago 2017 and in Campinas, Brazil, 2021.
Another Argentine, Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (161), passed the qualification, beat him in the initial round German Yannick Hanfmann (49), and will play again tomorrow against Luciano Darderi (80), born in Villa Gesell, naturalized Italian and champion of the Córdoba Open 17 days ago.
In the case of advancing to the quarterfinals, Juan Manuel, 22 years old and younger brother of Francisco Cerúndolo (20), will play on Friday against a Chilean: Tomás Barrios Vera (111) or Alejandro Tabilo (51).
For his part, the Argentine Sebastian Baez (21), champion last Sunday of the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro, is the second seed in Santiago and will debut tomorrow directly in the round of 16 against the Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas (119), who eliminated Francisco Comesaña from Mar del Plata in the initial round (114).
In the case of advancing to the quarterfinals, Baez, 23 years old and champion of four other tournaments in his career (Estoril 2022, Córdoba Open, Kitzbuhel and Winston Salem, all three in 2023), he will play on Friday against a Spanish tennis player: Albert Ramos (104) or Jaume Munar (70).
The ATP 250 in 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.
Source: Ambito
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