On the first day of action, Federico Delbonis defeated Daniel Dutra da Silva and Marco Trungelliti defeated Francisco Comesaña in the Challenger 125 in Santo Domingo. In addition, Facundo Juárez and Román Burruchaga passed the qualy, and Genaro Olivieri and Gonzalo Villanueva said goodbye in the debut.
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Burruchaga and Juárez overcome the classification
The day began with two very good news for Argentine tennis. Past midday, Romanian Burruchaga jumped onto the field to seek classification against the American Nick Chappell. The 20-year-old tennis player came out very determined with his shots, kept calm, asserted his great serve and got into the main draw by 6-4, 6-2 after 1h22m of play. In the main draw, the faces will be seen with the Colombian, also emerged from the qualy, Nicholas Mejia.
At the same time, Facundo Juarez had a tough presentation if he wanted to get into the picture, the British Blu Baker. In a fought, battle-hardened and tiring first set for both, the Mendoza bomber imposed his counterattacks and his defense to take it tight. Already in the second round, with a break advantage, he was enough to get into the main draw by 7-5, 6-4 after 1h38m of play. Now, you will have a hard stop before Daniel Galan.
Delbonis and Trungelliti will meet in the round of 16
Federico Delbonis He lost a lot of ranking again and will have to recover from 0 if he wants to return to the top 100. For this reason, the Argentine traveled to the Dominican Republic to score points. In his debut Daniel Dutra da Silva It was very difficult for him, playing a great first set and getting ahead in the score. However, the Azuleño asserted his experience and hierarchy to come back 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 after 2h13m of play.
For its part, Marco Trungelliti He came from falling quickly in San Marino -returning to the circuit after an injury that sidelined him for three months- and he is looking for Santo Domingo to recover ground. In front came Francisco Comesana, one of the great sensations of Argentine tennis in recent months. However, the man from Santiago showed his enormous talent, and all his quality to overwhelm him by 6-1, 6-2 in just 1h06m.
Olivieri and Villanueva say goodbye in the first round
Genaro Olivieri clashed with Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, who was Top 70 in 2012, and at 31 years of age is still touring the circuit. Without a doubt, the bragadense played a great match, he ran all over the court, he took a great set, but the German asserted the best version of him and advanced by 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 after 2h16m of play.
To close the day, Gonzalo Villanueva had a very tough first round against Roberto Carballés Baena, the No. 1 of the tournament. The first set was an absolute monologue by the Spaniard, leaving the Argentine at 0. In the second, the man from Paraná gritted his teeth, went forward, showed his best tennis and was close to taking the match to the decisive set, but the top favorite for the title sentenced for 6-0, 7-5 after 1h40m of play.
Argentines this Tuesday in Santo Domingo
- Facundo Juarez vs. Daniel Galan (COL) – 2:00 p.m.
- Facundo Mena vs. Patrick Kypson (USA) – 2:00 p.m.
- Tomas Etcheverry vs. Pedro Boscardin (BRA) – 4:00 p.m.
- Renzo Olivo vs. Gonzalo Bueno (PER) – 4:00 p.m.
- Roman Burruchaga vs. Nicolás Mejía (COL) – 4:00 p.m.
- Thiago Tirante vs. Juan Pablo Varillas (PER) – 6:00 p.m.
- Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs Riccardo Bonadio (ITA) – 20:00
- Pedro Cachin vs Gerald Melzer (AUT) – 20:00
