Schwartzman, finalist last Sunday at the Argentina Open, is the third seed behind the Italian Matteo Berrettini (6), the Norwegian Casper Ruud (8) and ahead of Spanish Pablo Carreno Busta (18), all excepted from the opening round.
In the case of advancing to the quarterfinals, the Argentine will play on Friday against another Spaniard: Pablo Andújar (74) or Albert Ramos (33), champion of the Córdoba Open 10 days ago.
Rosario Coria (63), for his part, beat Chilean Cristian Garín (19), champion of the 2020 edition, yesterday in the initial round by a comfortable 6-2 and 6-0, and will play again from 4:30 p.m. the Spanish veteran Verdasco (172), 38 years old.
In the case of advancing to the quarterfinals, Coria will play on Friday against the Asturian Carreño Busta (18) or the Italian Fabio Fognini (38).
The other two Argentines who made it through the opening round, Federico Delbonis and Francisco CerúndoloThey will play again tomorrow.
Azuleño Delbonis (37), a semifinalist at the Argentina Open, beat Colombian Daniel Elahí Galán (112) and his next rival will be Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz (29), one of the tennis players with the greatest projection on the circuit.
In the case of winning, “Delbo” will meet on Friday in the quarterfinals with the Italian Berrettini (6) or the Brazilian Thiago Monteiro (106).
Cerúndolo (100), for his part, beat Frenchman Benoit Paire (52) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 last night, and his next rival will be Ruud (8), champion the last Sunday of the Argentina Open.
The winner of the cross between Cerúndolo and Ruud will go to the quarterfinals with the Italian Lorenzo Sonego (21) or Serbian Myomir Kecmanovic (70).
The ATP 500 in Rio, which is played at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in the city of Rio de Janeiro, is the most important tournament of the South American tour on clay and will distribute prizes of 1,815,515 dollars.
The tournament, which was not played in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, had Chilean Garín as its last champion in 2020 and the only Argentine who lifted the trophy was “Little” Schwartzman in 2018.
Source: Ambito
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