Federico Coria came into the tournament as the top favorite. Photo Press.
Federico Coriatop favorite for the title, faces this Friday British Jan Choinski for the quarterfinals of the Buenos Aires Challenger, on a day in which also other Argentine tennis players will play.
Coria, born in Rosario and ranked 83rd in the ATP world ranking, will play no earlier than 2:30 p.m. against Choinski (127) for a place in the semifinals of the tournament that is played on a surface of brick dust at the Racket Clubin the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Palermo, and will distribute prizes of $130,000.
If he wins, the 31-year-old tennis player will play one of the semifinals this Saturday against the winner of the match between two Argentinians no earlier than 4:00 p.m.: Facundo Díaz Acosta (106) and Francisco Comesaña (126).
For its part, John Manuel Cerundolo (102)second favorite for the title, opens the day at 11 before Luciano Darderi (166), a tennis player born in Villa Gesell and naturalized Italian.
Another Argentine, Mariano Navone (190)will play from 1:00 p.m. against the nationalized Italian Franco Agamenone from Rio Cuarto (203).
Argentines in Challenger tournaments
This year, Argentine tennis players won 18 tournaments in the Challenger category, which is next in importance to the ATP, according to the following detail:
Facundo Díaz Acosta became champion in Savannah, United States, in Oeiras, Portugal, and in Milan, Italy; Mariano Navone also celebrated in triplicate, in Poznan, Poland, in Santa Fe, Argentina, and in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, in Bolivia; Juan Manuel Cerúndolo raised the trophy twice, both at the Hacoaj Nautical Club facilities, in Tigre.
Francisco Comesaña from Mar del Plata also won two titles, in Vicenza, Italy, and Liberec, in the Czech Republic; like Federico Coria, who won in Concepción, Chile, and in Szczecin, Poland; and Thiago Agustín Tirante, who was crowned in Morelos, Mexico, and in Bogotá, Colombia.
The other four titles were from Andrea Collarini in Piracicaba, in São Paulo, Brazil; Federico Delbonis in Cali, Colombia; Genaro Alberto Olivieri in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and Camilo Ugo Carabelli in Antofagasta, Chile.
2023-10-13 11:04:00
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