Argentine Federico Coria today advanced to the round of 16 of the ATP 250 tennis tournament in Moscow, called the Kremlin Cup, by defeating local player Alibek Kachmazov 6-2, 5-7 and 6-2 in his debut.
Rosario Coria, ranked 68th in the ATP world rankings, needed 2 hours and 14 minutes to overcome Russian Alibek Kachmazov (638).
The tennis player Ricardas Berankissantafesino will face the Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis (107), who yesterday defeated the Russian Evgeny Donskoy (149) 6-1, 6-3 in the round of 16 of the tournament.
The other Argentine who took part in the contest, Guido Pella (82) from Bahia, fell the day before in his presentation in the initial round after retiring against the Spanish Pedro Martínez (60) when he accused some physical problems, when he had lost 6-2 in the first set.
The Moscow tournament takes place on a hard surface, distributes a total of 779 thousand dollars in prizes and the top favorite is local Andrey Rublev (5), who will make his direct debut in the second round tomorrow against Frenchman Adrian Mannarino (51).
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