The Argentinian Facundo Bagnis (98th) arrived in Geneva with the mission of recovering his best tennis. For this, he will have to face the Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili (25°). They have met only once and with victory for the European (it was at Wimbledon 2015 by 6-4, 7-6 (3) and 6-2).
They both come with similar presents. The Argentine is going through an irregular moment. At the beginning of April, he became champion in the Pereira Challenger, in Colombia. However, since then, he has played three tournaments in that category and never got past the first round. Bagnis, this season, only won four matches at the ATP level and will seek to recover good feelings, on his favorite surface, ahead of Roland Garros. Last year he reached the second round and, if he does poorly, he could drop out of the Top 100.
The Georgian, despite being among the best players in the world, is not getting great results either. He participated in five tournaments on the European tour on clay (Monte-Carlo, Barcelona, Munich, Madrid and Rome) and has only obtained three victories.
The two players will go for a victory more than necessary, to add points and, mainly, confidence. The match can be seen on the ESPN screen on Star+ starting at 7:00 a.m. (Argentina), 6:00 a.m. (Chile) and 5:00 a.m. (Colombia, Peru and Mexico).
Daniil Medvedevnumber two in the world, he will return to the circuit in this tournament after undergoing surgery for a hernia and missing the last two months of competition. will face the French Richard Gasquet (The Russian leads the record 2-1).
