The santafesino prevailed by 7-5 and 6-3. In the next round he will meet Frenchman Moutet. In addition, Delbonis was eliminated and tomorrow will be the presentation of Báez.
Facundo Bagnis (120th in the world ranking) qualified for the round of 16 of the ATP 250 in Umag after defeating Argentinians against Thomas Etcheverry (72nd) by 7-5 and 6-3. The contest that takes place in Croatia, on brick dust, distributes 597,900 euros in prizes.
The tennis player from Santa Fe battled for almost an hour of play to prevail in straight sets and successfully open the record between the two on the professional circuit. His next rival will be the French Corentin Moutet (116º), who comes from leaving the German on the way Daniel Altmaier (65th) by 6-4 and 6-2.
The day also left the elimination of Federico Delbonis (123rd), defeated in the opening round of the competition against the Slovakian Norbert Gombos (117th) by 6-4, 5-7 and 6-4. The European entered the main draw as a lucky loser to replace the Czech Jiri Vesely (66th), left at the last minute due to injury.
The Argentine who has not yet debuted at the ATP 250 in Umag
Sebastian Baez (32nd) will appear tomorrow in the second round against the Serbian Laszlo Djere (77) or the Cordovan nationalized Italian Franco Agamenone (136th). The La Legión tennis player is the fourth favorite behind the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz (5th), the also Italian Jannik Sinner (10th) and the Danish Holger Rune (27º).
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