The Argentine Pedro Cachín agreed yesterday to the second round of the ATP 250 tennis tournament in Gijón, Spain. The Cordovan, located in position 61 of the ATP world ranking, beat Russian Alexey Vatunin (279) in the first round, with partials of 7-6 (7-2 in the tie break) and 6-0, after one hour and 24 minutes of play.
The next rival of the native of Bell Ville will be the Scotsman Andy Murray (48 and once number 1 in the world), who defeated the local Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (31) yesterday afternoon, 7-5 and 6-2.
Meanwhile, today starting at 7 o’clock the debut of Francisco Cerúndolo (29) will take place, who will meet Frenchman Manuel Guinard (153) in the second round.
In first-round matches, Sebastián Báez (37), who left due to injury the match he assumed with the Frenchman Constant Letienne (63), and Marco Trungelliti (241), who lost to the Spanish Nicolás Alvarez Varona (231), were eliminated in a timely manner. in three sets.
In another second-round match played yesterday, local Pablo Carreño Busta (15th and second seed) beat Brazilian Thiago Monteiro (65th), 6-4, 7-6.
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