Between July 24 and 30, a new edition of the Banco Guayaquil Cup will be held in the Ecuadorian city of Salinas. This event belongs to the ATP Challenger circuit with category 75, and is played on the cement courts of the Salinas Golf & Tennis Club.
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In 2021 the ATP Challenger Tour He returned to Salinas after seven years, and in 2023 they celebrate their 20th edition on the circuit. On this occasion, the Ecuadorian event, which is held at the Salinas Goal & Tennis Club facilities, will be category 75 and will distribute $80,000. The Argentines Juan Ignacio Chela (1999), David Nalbandian (2001), John Paul Brzezicki (2007), Brian Dabul (2010), Andres Molteni (2011) y Guido Pella (2012) lifted the title. The Ecuadorian Emilio Gomez He is the defending champion.
Emilio Gomez, the best Ecuadorian tennis player in recent years, will start as the first seed and top favorite to be champion. This season he reached the quarterfinals at the ATP 250 in Dallas, the semifinals at the Challenger in Cleveland and the quarterfinals at the Challenger in Gwangju. Fast courts are his forte and he is always present at each event. from the other side comes Rio Noguchi, who at 24 years old has not yet achieved the quality leap to the Top 200. The most resonant result of his season was the quarterfinals at the Challenger in Pune for the Japanese. In addition, he qualified in the Nottingham Challenger, but in general his 2023 is not going well, with many defeats in the first rounds.
The Chilean Gonzalo Lamaand the Ecuadorians Álvaro Guillen, Andrés Andrade and Ángel Díaz, all of them with a special invitation, will be the only Spanish speakers in the Ecuadorian tournament. Also, the presence of Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, Bernard Tomic, Dane Sweeny, Abdullah Shelbayh y Evgeny Donskoy.
Results ATP Challenger 75 Salinas
Results July 23Preliminary phase (first round)
Chan Baratau – Boyer (10:00)
Panta – A. Huertas del Pino (10:00)
Cachipuendo – Alves (10:00)
Perez – May (10:00)
Vallejo – Larrea (12:00)
Ellis – Holes (12:00)
Urrea – Pecotic (12:00)
Gómez – Tenti (12:0)
Puttergill – C. Huertas del Pino (14:00)
Bernard – Soto (14:00)
2023-07-23 14:43:41
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