The Campinas Challenger advances with a large presence …

Facundo Bagnis and Sebastián Báez advanced this Monday to the second round of the Challenger of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, by defeating the locals Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva and Oscar Jose Gutiérrez, respectively.

The santafesino Bagnis, ranked 126th in the ATP ranking, surpassed Reis Da Silva (566th) by 6-7 (5), 6-4 and 6-4 and will be measured in the next phase with the winner of the cross between Renzo Olivo (216th) and Ukrainian Vitaly Sachko (400th), who will play this Tuesday.

At the same time, Buenos Aires Báez (316º) defeated Oscar Gutierrez (403º) by 7-5, 1-6 and 6-1. In the round of 16, Báez will confront the winner of the match between Colombian Daniel Galán (117th) and Dutch Jese Sels (340th), also this Tuesday.

While, Camilo Ugo Carabelli (351º) could not against the Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci (282nd) ​​and fell 6-1, 6-4.

This Tuesday it will be the turn of Francisco Cerúndolo (159º) vs. the Brazilian Pedro Sakamoto (290º), Juan Pablo Ficovich (205º) before the local Joao Menezes (196º), Facundo Mena (238º) in front of the local Guilherme Clezar (270º) and Thiago Tirante (376º) against the Kazakh Dmitry Popko (172º).

The Brazilian Challenger of Campinas takes place on clay courts, distributes points for the ATP world ranking and a total of $ 52,080 in prizes.

It is worth remembering that Argentine tennis players won three Challenger category tournaments this year, which is second in importance to the ATPs: Facundo Bagnis was crowned champion in Biella, Italy, while Francisco Cerúndolo won the tournament in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and also won the one in Split, Croatia.