The Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, number two in the world, defeated the Serbian Laslo Djere last night, 6-2, 4-6 and 6-2, in a match corresponding to the round of 16 of the 23rd edition of the ATP 250 of Argentina, which is played at Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club.
On the central field, Guillermo Vilas, which was complete, fulfilled the expected presentation in the contest. Alcaraz from Buenos Aires, who had to appeal to his best tennis before an Argentine audience that cheered him during the demanding match he had to play with Djere.
After 107 days of his last official presentation in the quarterfinals of the Masters 1000 in Paris, the former world number one had ups and downs on the clay of the emblematic Buenos Aires track. With six titles in his personal harvest, Alcaraz arrived in Buenos Aires not only with the aim of starting his season but also winning the Argentine tournament.
In the first set, Alcaraz displayed all his shots and achieved a comfortable 6-2. With Djere’s muscular discomfort, the match seemed to have a quick end, but he recovered and once morest an erratic number two in the world he won the second set by a tight 6-4.
In the third set, and in a constant dispute throughout the match with the main Ecuadorian judge Jimmy Pinoargote, the Spaniard recovered the ease of his blows and ended up prevailing by a 6-2 final for his celebration with a clenched fist.
Alcaraz’s rival in the quarterfinals of the Buenos Aires tournament will be another Serb, such as Dusan Lajovic, who in the hot Buenos Aires followingnoon achieved a comfortable victory once morest Camilo Ugo Carabelli, from the qualy, 6-3, 6-1.
Before that, Tomás Etcheverry appeared, who defeated the Spanish Roberto Carballes Baena, 4-6, 6-1 and 6-2, advancing for the first time in his campaign to the quarterfinals of an ATP. His next rival will be the British Cameron Norrie, the second seed in the contest, who in a marathon match defeated Facundo Díaz Acosta, 4-6, 7-5 and 7-6 (8/6).
In today’s schedule, which will complete the round of 16 of the tournament, the Austrian Dominic Thiem will face the Peruvian Juan P. Varillas, Francisco Cerúndolo once morest the Spanish Jaume Munar, the Italian Lorenzo Musetti once morest Pedro Cachín and Diego Schwartzman, in his premiere, with Spaniard Bernabé Zapata MIralles.
The Argentine contest has as its top winners Guillermo Vilas, with 8 titles, followed by the Spanish Carlos Moya and David Ferrer, with 3 each. Other champions were the Czech Ivan Lendl, the Brazilian Gustavo Kuerten, Thiem, the Norwegian Casper Ruud, Guillermo Coria, Gastón Gaudio, David Nalbandian and Schwartzman.
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