Argentine Tennis Shines in South American Tour: Two Players Secure Spot in Rio de Janeiro Final

Argentine tennis is having a good time in the South American tour at the beginning of the season on the ATP circuit and this Friday the presence of an albiceleste racket in the final of the Rio de Janeiro tournament was assured, which distributes 500 points for the ranking.

Firstly, Francisco Cerúndolo (22nd in the ranking) took the victory at the Guga Kuerten stadium against the Serbian Dusan Lajovic (58th) by 3-6, 6-4 and 6-4 and then, his compatriot Sebastián Báez ( 30th) did the same against the Brazilian Thiago Monteiro (117th) with partials of 6-4, 1-6 and 6-2. Both winners will meet on Saturday, with a time to be determined, in the first semifinal, for a place in the title match on Sunday.

In the other quarterfinal bracket, the Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild put up a battle against the British Cameron Norrie (20th) but ended up falling 6-1, 3-6 and 6-2 and the Argentine Mariano Navone will close the day against the local Joao Fonseca.

In this way, the positive streak of the Argentines in the last three weeks of international tournaments has been fruitful, since it will be the third time that an albiceleste has a chance of being champion. The first was Facundo Bagnis at the Córdoba Open. The Rosario tennis player failed in the final against the Argentine nationalized Italian Leandro Darderi.

Meanwhile, in the Argentina Open that was held at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, the Argentine Facundo Díaz Acosta became champion after beating the Chilean Nicolás Jarry in the final, who had eliminated the champion and world number 2, the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz.

In this Rio ATP, Cerúndolo had just beaten the Argentine Francisco Comesaña in the Round of 32 (6-1, 1-6 and 6-2) and then in the round of 16 the Spanish Albert Ramos-Viñolas (6-2 and 6-1 ). For his part, Báez’s path to the quarterfinals had victories against the Frenchman Corentin Moutet (6-4 and 6-3) and against Facundo Díaz Acosta (7-6 and 6-3).

The history between Cerúndolo and Báez on the professional tennis circuit is balanced with two wins for each one and this Saturday, the balance will tip for one of the two.

2024-02-23 23:42:00
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