The Argentine tennis player Sebastian Baez beat the local team and earned a place in the second round of the Maters 1000 of Cincinnati.
For its part, Mariano Navone He was unable to achieve the same against the Czech Jiri Lehecka.
Báez had a dangerous encounter against local Marcos Giron, where he beat him in three sets by 6-4, 5-7 and 7-6 (6).
The Argentines’ seventh Masters 1000 event of the season started off on the wrong foot, as Francisco Cerúndolo had a very poor performance against Russian Karen Khachanov and fell 6-0 and 6-3 on Monday.
The Russian became a real nightmare for one of the best Argentines on the circuit, whom he defeated four times this season.
Navone also said goodbye to the tournament in the first round after falling 7-6 (3) and 6-3 to Czech Jiri Lehecka, who had not played since the Mutua Madrid Open where he suffered a spinal injury.
In addition, the tennis player born on July 9th is coming off a first round loss at the Canadian Masters 1000 against American Taylor Fritz.
As for the seeded players, Taylor Fritz (11th), Ben Shelton (12th), Ugo Hunbert (13th) and Lorenzo Musetti (14th), who is coming off a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics, will play on Tuesday.
On the other hand, the second round will begin on Wednesday, to which the eight best seeds will advance automatically: Jannik Sinner (1st), Carlos Alcaraz (2nd), Alexander Zverev (3rd), Daniil Medvedev (4th), Hubert Hurkacz (5th), Andrey Rublev (6th), Casper Ruud (7th) and Grigor Dimitrov (8th).
Meanwhile, Australian Alexei Popyrin, who pulled off one of the biggest surprises of the year by winning the Canadian Masters 1000, will make his debut on Wednesday against Frenchman Gael Monfils.
Source: Ambito
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