The ITF Circuit extends its agenda in our country and Corrientes will say present in another professional tournament this week. Ignacio Monzón and Lautaro Midón will take part in the main draw of the M25 of Río Cuarto.
The best in the ranking from Corrientes (495 in the ATP) and the 18-year-old youth (898 in the world ranking) are waiting to meet their rivals in the first round of the individual main draw. The opponents of both will emerge from the previous classification. In turn, Monzón and Midón have already defined their agenda in the doubles branch. The 24-year-old man from the capital will team up with his compatriot Leonardo Aboian (they will be the best seeded) and will face today the national duo made up of Lautaro Correa Beguerie and Bautista Leguizamón. This crossing will take place on court 2 (approximately at 3:00 p.m.).
For his part, Midón will compete today alongside Juan Manuel La Serna from Catamarca in the last shift on field 6 (not before 4 pm). Argentines Franco Manuel Egea and Gabriel Alejandro Hidalgo will be the opponents in the round of 16.
The Río Cuarto M25 tournament is played on clay, it distributes 25,000 dollars in prizes among its competitors, as well as points for the world ranking.
An injury left Báez out of action
The Argentine Sebastián Báez could not conclude his match yesterday and left due to injury while facing the Frenchman Constant Letienne for the first round of the ATP 250 tennis tournament in Gijón, Spain, a contest that takes place on a hard surface and will award prizes for 675 a thousand euros.
The 21-year-old tennis player from Buenos Aires, and located in position 35 in the ATP world ranking, exhibited visible signs of pain during the second set (with the score 4-4) of the match that took place at the Palacio de Deportes de La Guía.
The player from San Martín was immobile before a response from the French Letienne and immediately demanded medical attention for a severe discomfort in his right knee.
Such was the intensity of the ailment that, minutes later, the Argentine tennis player had to be removed from the court in a wheelchair, unable to step firmly.
Báez had experienced a similar injury, but to his left thigh, at the recent US Open in New York, when he faced the number 1 in the world, the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz. That physical contingency kept him from finishing his first-round matchup last August.
In this way, Lestienne (63), who had won the first set 7-6 (7-5 in a tie break), advanced to the second round, in which he will face the winner of the duel between his compatriot Arthur Rinderknech (56) and the Spanish Carlos Taberner (130). In addition, Marco Trungelliti (241), from Santiago, who comes from the qualy, will face local Nicolás Alvarez Varona (231) at the premiere today. The premiere of Pedro Cachín (61) from Córdoba against Russian Alexey Vatunin (279) is also scheduled for today. Meanwhile, Francisco Cerúndolo from Buenos Aires (29th and fourth seed) will avoid the first round and will only make his debut in the second round of the Asturian competition.
