Tomás Etcheverry, 30th in the world, beat the American Brandon Nakashima (87th) 3-6, 7-6 (5) and 6-4 and will face the British Cameron Norrie (31st), in the quarterfinals. Facundo Díaz Acosta (53rd) defeated the Hungarian Fabian Marozsan (39th) 3-6, 6-3 and 6-1 and will face the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (7th), new champion of the Montreal Masters 1000.
It was a day with a positive balance for Argentine tennis in the Barcelona ATP 500 (€2,938,695, brick dust), where Tomas Etcheverry and Facundo Díaz Acosta They were able to get a ticket to the quarterfinals, while the only setback was the defeat of Marco Trungellitiwho came from the qualy.
The day opened Tomas Etcheverry on the Daniel Gimeno court, the second most important court in the traditional Catalan tournament. The player from La Plata, No. 30 in the world ranking, had to work hard to defeat the American Brandon Nakashima (87°) by 3-6, 7-6 (7-5) and 6-4, in 3h 10m. The man from La Plata reached his eleventh quarterfinal on the circuit (4-6 record), his ninth on clay and his third above the ATP 250 level (Roland Garros 2023 and Basel 2023).
The next rival of Tomas Etcheverry will be the british lefty Cameron Norrie (31st), who defeated the Spanish Roberto Bautista Agut (84th) by 6-4 and 6-3. This Friday’s match will start at 7:30 in Argentina (for Star+), in the “Rafa Nadal” central court. The record is 1-0 in favor of the European, coached by the Argentine Facundo Lugones.
Facundo Díaz Acosta is excited again
In addition to Tomas Etcheverryanother Argentine player who made it among the eight best tennis players at the ATP 500 in Barcelona is the left-handed Facundo Díaz Acosta (53°). Surprise winner of the last Argentina Open, the 23-year-old from Lucile, won 3-6, 6-3 and 6-1, in 1h46m, against the Hungarian Fabian Marozsan (39th) and advanced to the quarterfinals of an ATP tournament for the third time, the first outside of our country (Córdoba and Buenos Aires). Of course, he already appears at number 46 in the live ranking.
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The next next rival of Facundo Díaz Acostawho has already guaranteed his best ranking (46th in the world for now) will be the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (7th and brand new Monte Carlo champion), who defeated the Spanish Roberto Carballes Baena (72°). It will be no earlier than 11 a.m. in Argentina, in the central court.
Marco Trungelliti left with good feelings
After going through the classification, Marco Trungelliti He had won his first two matches in the main draw of the ATP 500 in Barcelona, one of them against the Chilean Nicholas Jarry, 22nd in the world. The Santiago native, 34 years old and 197th in the world ranking, could do little against the Italian Matteo Arnaldi (40th), who won 6-3 and 6-0, in 1h 24m.
Beyond the farewell, Marco Trungelliti, who in March had become champion in the Kigali 2 Challenger, in Rwanda, left Barcelona with the hope intact of reaching the top 100 for the first time (his most notable ranking was 112th in 2019). In the live ranking he is listed as 166th (+31).
Source: Ambito
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