Juan Manuel Cerúndolo beat Guido Andreozzi 6-4, 6-2 in the opening round and advanced to the knockout stages of the Buenos Aires Tennis Challenger, in a duel between Argentines.
Cerúndolo, located in position 102 of the ATP world ranking and second seed in the tournament, surpassed Andreozzi, also born in the City of Buenos Aires and located in place 270 of the ranking, after one hour and 24 minutes of play .
For his part, Jesús María Juan Ignacio Londero (170 °) from Córdoba beat Spanish Carlos Gómez Herrera (416 °) 6-4, 6-4, after an hour and 27 minutes of confrontation.
Tomás Martín Etcheverry (138 °) from La Plata beat Ignacio Monzón (1007), a native of the Buenos Aires city of Tigre, 6-0, 6-3 in one hour and 24 minutes, in another duel between Argentine players.
In turn, the Buenos Aires Juan Pablo Ficovich (276 °) defeated the Spanish Nikolas Sánchez Izquierdo (312 °) 7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (8-6), after two hours and 14 minutes of play . While Hernán Casanova (331 °), a native of Villa Fiorito, fell against the top seed, Brazilian Thiago Monteiro (92 °), 7-6 (9-7), 3-6, 6-2 in two hours and 36 minutes.
Meanwhile, the Mar del Plata Francisco Comesaña (538 °) lost against the Uruguayan Martín Cuevas (548 °) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, after one hour and 51 minutes of play.
For his part, Vicente López’s Buenos Aires, Juan Bautista Torres (577 °), was eliminated by Brazilian Felipe Meligeni Alves (187 °), who beat him 6-2, 6-4 in one hour and 33 minutes. On the opening day, the Argentines Andrea Collarini (265 °), Santiago Rodríguez Taverna (361 °), Nicolás Kicker (259 °), Renzo Olivo (193 °) and Mariano Navone (582 °) presented victories.
The Buenos Aires Tennis Challenger is played at the Racket Club, in the Palermo neighborhood, and will distribute a total of $ 52,080 in prizes.
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