Diego Schwartzman, current number one in South American tennis since his ninth place in the world rankings, would be the top favorite for the title at the next Córdoba Open, which will celebrate its third edition from February 22 at the Mario Alberto Kempes stadium, the organizers confirmed today .
The 28-year-old “Peque”, a finalist in Córdoba in 2020 (he lost the definition with the Chilean Cristian Garín), will take part in the third edition of the Cordovan contest as soon as he concludes his participation in the Australian Open and as he anticipated Telam The Córdoba Sports Agency (ACD) has a great chance of being the top seed of the tournament, which will have a qualifying table of 32 tennis players.
The third edition of the Córdoba Open (the first in 2019 was won by the local Juan Ignacio Londero) will be held without an audience to mitigate the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and will have “a smaller structure in terms of the assembly of stands? Due to this contingency, Hector Campana, the head of ACD, explained.
“The possibility of having other tennis players of international level is being analyzed, it remains to be seen how they are organizing their agendas each with the continuity of the circuit and the possible suspension of some tournaments,” Campana explained to Télam.
Among the foreigners mentioned who could play the tournament, in addition to the Chilean Garín, who will defend the title, the promising Italian youth Lorenzo Musetti, 18 years old and 129 in the world ranking, stands out, who announced a few days ago that he will participate in the tour for South America that includes the ATP of Buenos Aires (Argentina Open) and that of Santiago, both in March.
As for the Argentines, it is estimated that in Córdoba there will be Guido Pella (44), Federico Delbonis (77), Juan Ignacio Lóndero (81) and Federico Coria (91).
Meanwhile, Horacio Zeballos from Mar del Plata, third in the world doubles ranking, has not yet defined whether he will play the South American tournaments or will do so on the indoor tour in Europe that will include the tournaments of Montpellier, in France, and Rotterdam, in the Countries Basses, which are played at the same time.
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