The tennis player from the neighboring city of Bragado, Genaro Alberto Olivieri, and the Cordovan Juan Ignacio Londero advanced to the quarterfinals of the Florianópolis Tennis Challenger, in Brazil, yesterday defeating the Swiss Johan Nikles by 6-1 and 6-4 and local Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida 6-1 and 7-5, respectively, while their compatriots Nicolás Kicker and Gonzalo Villanueva were eliminated from the contest.
Londero, born in Jesús María, Córdoba, and ranked 140th in the ATP world rankings, surpassed the Swiss Nikles (349th), after 1 hour and 24 minutes of play.
The Cordovan will play today for the quarterfinals against Brazilian Daniel Dutra Silva (391 °), who eliminated Kicker (230 °) from Buenos Aires by beating him 2-6, 7-5 and 6-4, after 2 hours and 45 minutes of match.
Later, Genaro Alberto Olivieri (346 °) beat Brazilian Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida (286 °), in one hour and 45 minutes of play.
In the next instance, the Bragadense Olivieri will be measured against the Colombian Nicolás Barrientos (550) °, who beat the Entre Ríos Villanueva (450 °) by 7-6 (7-3) and 6-1, after a hundred minutes of confrontation.
The other Argentine who continues ahead in the tournament is Facundo Juárez (396 °) from Santiago, who reached the quarterfinals after successively eliminating his compatriots Pedro Cachín (341 °) and Facundo Díaz Acosta (336 °), and He will play today against Bolivian Hugo Dellien (119th), second favorite for the tournament title, behind Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas (98th).
The Florianópolis Challenger, in the state of Santa Catarina, takes place on a brick dust surface and distributes a total of $ 52,080 in prizes.
The Argentine tennis players this year won 20 titles in the Challenger category, which is second in importance to the ATP, the winner being Sebastián Báez with six trophies, three in Chile, two in Santiago and one in Concepción; another in Zagreb, in Croatia; one in Buenos Aires and the remaining one in Campinas, in Brazil.
