The man from Buenos Aires, champion of the ATP in Córdoba, is the only Argentine who continues in the Rio de Janeiro tournament. Alcaraz, winner in Buenos Aires, got rid of Fognini and was closer to reaching Djokovic at number 1.
There is only one Argentine who will be in the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro: Sebastian Baez. The man from Buenos Aires, 35th in the world ranking, surpassed the Peruvian John Paul Varillas (81) this Thursday, in a day where another of the representatives of the Legion as Fran Cerundolo was eliminated before Caballes Baena (73) y Carlos Alcarazthe top favorite, got rid of the unpredictable Fabio Fognini.
The native of San Martín agreed to the next round thanks to a victory with partial scores of 7-5 y 7-6 (6), and in this way he is the only Argentine who is still in the race in the contest. His next rival will be the Chilean Nicholas Jarry (139 °), who is in full renaissance and surpassed the Spanish Pedro Martínez (76).
Previously, Francisco Cerúndolo (33) was eliminated in the round of 16 by the Spanish Bernabé Carballes Baena (73), who beat him 6-1, 4-6 and 6-1.
At the last minute, Alcaraz, number two in the world, beat Italian Fabio Fognini (86) 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4 and advanced to the quarterfinals of a tournament that was champion last year. .
The 19-year-old tennis player from Murcia, first favorite in Brazil, had difficulties against the Italian in the first set, who ended up losing due to errors in basic plays, but from the second set he showed his best tennis so far and completely dominated.
The other tennis players who have already guaranteed a place in the quarterfinals in Rio are the British Cameron Norrie (13 ATP), second favorite in Brazil; the Bolivian Hugo Dellien (111 ATP) and the Spanish Albert Ramos Viñolas (47 ATP).
The ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro, which takes place on the clay courts of the Brazilian Jockey Club and distributes prizes of 2.2 million dollars, is part of the tour on clay in South America, which began with the Córdoba Open and the Argentina Open, and concludes next week with the ATP 250 in Santiago (Chile).
