Francis Cerundolocurrent number one tennis player in Argentina, he will face the Spaniards on Tuesday Roberto Carballes Baena for the initial round of ATP 500 Rio de Janeiroon a brick dust surface and with a prize pool of $2,178,580, on a day in which five other blue and white rackets make their debut.
Cerúndolo, ranked 33rd in the ATP world rankings, plays no earlier than 16:30 on court number one against Carballes Baena (73) and if he passes, another Spanish tennis player will face him in the next round: Jaume Munar (66) or Bernabe Zapata Miralles (63), semifinalist of the recent Argentina Open.
So are the other five Argentine tennis players who show up in Rio Juan Manuel Cerundolo, Sebastian Baez, diego schwartzmann, Pedro Cachin AND Tomás Martin Etcheverry.
Juanma Cerúndolo (107), younger brother of Francisco, appears on the center field of Guga Kuerten not before 16:30 against the English Cameron Norie (13), second favorite for the title and recent finalist at the Argentina Open, where he lost definition to the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz (2), who is the number one seed in Rio.
In case of winning, Juanma Cerúndolo will play the round of 16 against the Brazilian Thiago Monteiro (83), who beat the Austrian on Monday evening Dominic Thiem (96) to make it 6-1, 3-6 and 7-6 (7-2).
Schwartzman (38), from Buenos Aires, plays not before 21:00 on the center court Guga Kuerten against the Serbian Dusan Lajovic (80), and if he passes it, another Serb will touch it later, Laslo Djere (57), who eliminated the Argentine on Monday Facundo Bagnis (87) after beating him 6-2, 3-2 and retiring.
Báez (35), champion of the Córdoba Open, also appears on center court against the Brazilian Thomas Bellucci (915), who will retire from tennis once his stint in Rio is over.
In case of progress to the round, Báez will play his next match against the Frenchman Hugh Gaston (106) or the Peruvian John Paul Varillas (81), the surprise of the Argentina Open with its access to the semifinals.
Bell’s Cordovan Ville Cachín (59), for his part, plays no earlier than 4.30 pm on court number four with the Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan (88), and if he passes it, it will be up to the winner of the cross between La Plata Tomás Martin Etcheverry (75), which is presented below in Spanish Alberto Ramos Vinolas (47) on the same court.
Favorite for the title and also defending champion is Alcaraz, who lifted the seventh trophy of his career in Buenos Aires on Sunday.
Source: Telam
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