The semi-finals of ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro, with an important presence of Argentine tennis players. In the first round, they face each other Francisco Cerúndolo, 22nd in the world and the first racket in Argentina, and Sebastiano Baez (30th) at Guga Kuerten Stadium.
Fran seems to have recovered after a far from his best start to the year and has just defeated the Serbian Dusan Lajovic in a battle that lasted two hours and 23 minutes by 3-6, 6-4 and 6-4. Meanwhile, Seba showed character despite the crowd against him and eliminated Brazilian Thiago Monteiro 6-4, 1-6 and 6-2.
He will play alongside Cerúndolo-Báez Mariano Navone, who won his first ATP match this week. And there were not one but three. The most recent, a hard-fought 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory against Joao Fonseca, the 17-year-old local phenomenon. Navone, 22 years old, will face the English Cameron Norris.
Source: Clarin
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