Federico Coria got the best success of his career by shocking the Spanish Pablo Carreno Busta17th in the world, in the round of 16 of ATP 250 Lyon. But Rosario wants more and this Thursday he will lead to another victory to advance to the semifinals of the contest, extend an unforgettable week and break the barrier of an elite group for the first time.

The Santa Fe native, 59th in the ATP classification, will face the Slovakian in the first round of the central court — at 6 p.m. in our country. alex molcan, 47 °. If he wins that match, he will earn a spot in the top 50 of the world rankings and surpass his all-time best placement of 52nd he holds for two weeks at the end of April.

“I beat Carreño, you can’t believe it, haha! Don’t be stupid, don’t wake me up“, he wrote on his Twitter account, after beating the Spaniard on the field, second favorite in the competition in France, and signing his second celebration against the top 20.

The first was achieved in Bastad’s quarterfinals last year against the Chilean Christian Garin (18th), towards the final of the Swedish tournament, the first and only one of his career.

Coria’s joy had a reason. It is that in 30 years and after many periods of struggle and work, he has lived a great gift since last year. In 2021, he enjoyed playing all four Grand Slams and facing Novak Djokovic at his own home, reached his first ATP final in mid -July in Bastad, was an Olympian in Tokyo and even fulfilled a dream through of the Davis Cup debut.

In 2022, he reached the quarterfinals in Buenos Aires Y Rio de Janeiroreached the semi-finals of Marrakesh and continue to climb ranking positions.

In Lyon, he first cut a month -long drought without ATP victories by beating the German in his debut Daniel Altmayer. And then he scored the best victory of his life, as if he had even boosted his confidence just four days before the start of Roland Garros, the most important slow-court event of the year and the most special Grand Slam in Argentine tennis. Can he continue his streak against Molcan?

Coria isn’t the only Argentine to jump on the pitch in Lyon this Thursday. Sebastián Báez, 38th in the world and one of the great gems of Next generation Argentina, will face -not before 13- the British cameron norrie11th in the world and top favorite.

On the other hand, the ATP 250 in Geneva was left without Argentina representatives because Federico Delbonis, the only blue and white representative still on track on Swiss soil, was eliminated in the round of 16. The azuleño, th -62 in the ranking, went from highest to lowest and ended up falling 1-6, 7-5 and 7-5 against the Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis (85 °).