The Argentine tennis player Francis Cerundolo will face the British today Daniel Evans for the quarterfinals of Barcelona ATP 500which will award the champion the Conde de Godó trophy.
Cerúndolo, ranked 32 in the ATP world rankings, will play no earlier than 12:30 (Argentina time) against Evans (26), a rival he lost to the only time they met on tour, last year. round of Roland Garros. The match is broadcast by Star+.
The 24-year-old Argentine finished in the top eight of the Catalan tournament after beating away Italy’s Francesco Pessaro (130) and ‘top ten’ Norwegian Casper Ruud (3), with a resounding win.
In case of passage to the semifinals, Cerúndolo will face the winner of the match tomorrow who will be cheered by the Spaniards Carlos Alcaraz (2) and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (38).
The quarterfinals will be completed with the match hosted by the Greek Stéfanos Tsitsipas (3) and the Australian Alex De Miñaur (19).
The match has already consecrated a semifinalist, the Italian Lorenzo Musetti (20), because his compatriot Jannik Sinner (8) did not appear in the quarterfinals due to physical illness.
The Conde de Godó is played on the clay courts of the Real Club de Tenis de Barcelona, will distribute prizes of 2,872,435 euros and has Alcaraz as the favorite, who is also the defending champion.
Alcaraz from Murcia, 19 years old and this year’s Argentina Open and Indian Wells Masters 1000 champion, left Portuguese Nuno Borges (79) and compatriot Roberto Bautista Agut (25) away.
Throughout its history, the comte de Godó has had two Argentine champions: Martín Jaite in 1987 and Gastón Gaudio in 2002.
Source: Clarin
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