Eleven Argentines make their debut this Tuesday at the Challenger in Buenos Aires

2023-04-25 12:33:20

The Argentine tennis player Juan Pablo Ficovich faces the Brazilian Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva on Tuesday for the initial round of the Buenos Aires Challenger, in a day in which another 10 albiceleste rackets will also be presented.

Ficovich, ranked 221 in the ATP world ranking, plays from 10 o’clock once morest Reis Da Silva (282) in the most attractive match proposed by the tournament that is played on the clay courts of Buenos Aires. Aires Lawn Tennis Club and will distribute prizes for $40,000.

The 26-year-old Argentine, a finalist 10 days ago in the Challenger de León, in Mexico, is the fourth seed in the contest and if he advances to the round of 16 he will meet in that instance with his compatriot Hernán Casanova (291) or the Brazilian Pedro Boscardin Dias (342), who meet at the same time.

As for the other Argentine tennis players, Juan Bautista Otegui (402) is measured once morest the Peruvian Connor Huertas Del Pino (618) and if he passes it, he will play in the round of 16 the Italian nationalized Gessellino Luciano Darderi (190), third seed that He beat Frenchman Maxime Janvier (330) on Monday by 6/3 and 6/4.

Valerio Aboian (459), for his part, is measured once morest the Brazilian José Pereira (439) and the winner awaits him in the next round Santiago Rodríguez Taverna (233), who on Monday beat Alex Barrena (526) by 6/0 and 6/4.

Mariano Navone (230) plays once morest Alejo Lingua Lavallén (738) from Cordoba and the winner will then go once morest Juan Bautista Torres (259) or Matías Zukas (546) in a fully Argentine bracket.

Román Burruchaga (262) faces Tomás Farjat (623) and the winner will play in the round of 16 with Mariano Kestelboim (823) or the Brazilian Gustavo Heide (441).

The tournament has Argentine Andrea Collarini (177) as the top favorite for the title, who reached the round of 16 following beating Brazilian Daniel Dutra Da Silva (294) by 6/4 and 6/2.

His next rival will be Francisco Comesaña (249) from Mar del Plata, who beat Brazilian Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida (293) in the initial round by 6/4 and 6/2.

Another Argentine who made it to the round of 16 was Gonzalo Villanueva from Entre Ríos (376) following defeating Chilean Gonzalo Lama (397) by 7/6 and 7/6. His next match will be once morest the Dominican Nick Hardt (220), who eliminated Lautaro Midón (720) by 6/4 and 6/4.

Argentine tennis players have won five Challenger tournaments this year, the category next in importance to the ATP tournaments.

Juan Manuel Cerúndolo obtained two titles, both at the facilities of Club Náutico Hacoaj, in the Buenos Aires city of Tigre; Andrea Collarini lifted the trophy in the Challenger played in Piracicaba, São Paulo, in Brazil; Federico Coria became champion in Concepción, in Chile, and last Sunday Thiago Tirante won the one in Morelos, in Mexico.

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