Facundo Bagnis will face this Tuesday to the local Pedro Boscardín Días for the initial round of the Challenger from Sao Leopoldo, in Brazil, in a day in which seven other Argentine tennis players will make their presentation.
Bagnis, born in Armstrong, Santa Fe, and ranked 103 in the ATP world ranking, is the top favorite for the title and will face Boscardín Días (345) from 13 o’clock.
In the event of winning, the 32-year-old from Santa Fe will play his next match against the Brazilian Gustavo Heide (406) or a tennis player who emerged from the classification.
For his part, Thiago Tirante (231) from La Plata will play against Brazilian Joao Fonseca (1,363) and if he passes him it will be his compatriot Mariano Navone (245) or Lusitanian Gastao Elías (210) in the round of 16.
Juan Bautista Torres (238) will play against the Brazilian Felipe Rodríguez, Meligeni Alves (160) and if he passes him it will be the Peruvian Nicolás Alvarez (313) or the Bragadian Genaro Olivieri (212), who comes from winning last Monday the Montevideo Challenger, the first title of his career in the category.
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Olivieri will have one more day off after having established himself in Uruguay after beating Tomás Martín Etcheverry (80) in the final.
Francisco Comesaña (243) and Román Burruchaga (274) will settle a fully Argentine key since the winner will then meet Gonzalo Villanueva (292) or Facundo Díaz Acosta (184).
Another Argentine tennis player, Renzo Olivo (188) from Rosario, will debut in the tournament tomorrow against a rival from the qualification and if he passes it he will go against the local Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva (341) or a tennis player from the “qualy”.
The Challenger of Sao Leopoldo, city located 32 kilometers from Porto Alegre, capital of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, is played on a surface of brick dust and will distribute prizes for $53,120.
With Olivieri’s aforementioned title in Montevideo, Argentine tennis players won 22 Challengers tournaments this year, a record for the category that follows the ATP in importance.
In 2022 Argentina the list of countries with the most Challengers titles with 22, followed by France (21); Italy (16); United States (12); Australia and Great Britain (9); Germany and Spain (7); Switzerland and China (5) in the first places.
