Masters 1000 Montreal: very hard draw for the Argentines

In the world of tennis, August is synonymous with North American tours. Yes, the most important tournaments on the hardcourt tour have already begun and Argentine tennis players will try to pick up a competitive pace and, incidentally, get good results before reaching the big milestone: the US Open. However, luck for them wasn’t in the draw for the main draw Montreal Master 1000, given that the three national representatives will have very difficult beginnings.

Diego Schwartzmann (15th), Argentina’s top racket for four years now, starts as 12th seeded e will start his tour against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (35 °). El Peque has only scored two wins in their last seven games and will be looking to start his stage on the surface with a win. The story with the Spaniard is 3-0 in favor of the tennis player born in the Hacoaj club and the positive fact for him is that all the successes have occurred on this type of court. In a second round, David Goffin or Albert Ramos appears.

Secondly, Sebastian Baezwho amassed three first rounds in a row and just missed his presentation in Washington, was the one who had the least luck: will start his action in Canada against Nick Kyrgios (63rd), semifinalist in the US capital and one of the most dangerous players on the circuit. Also, in case of being able to advance, he will compete with Daniil Medvedev (1st), who will have a farewell in the first round. In Indian Wells this year they have already met and the Australian has prevailed 6-4 and 6-0.

Francesco Cerundolo (25th), for his part, will try to prolong his good moment (he won the title in Bastad and the semifinal in Hamburg), even if it will not be easy: will play against Russian Karen Khachanov (24th). It will be the first duel between the two. In case of overcoming, Cerúndolo will play in the next round against a Croatian tennis player: Marin Cilic (16th) or Borna Coric (150th).

The event, which year after year alternates its venue between Montreal and Toronto (this year the women will play in that city), has had two Argentines throughout its history to raise the trophy: Guillermo Vilas in the 1974 and 1976 editions, and Guillermo Cañas in 2002.

Djokovic, Nadal and Zverev will not say present in Montreal

Novak Djokovic (6th), Rafael Nadal (3rd) and Alexander Zverev (2nd) will be the main figures not to play the Masters 1000, even if all for different reasons. Nole was not allowed to enter the country for not having applied the vaccination program provided against Covid-19. Meanwhile, the German continues to recover from the ankle injury suffered at Roland Garros, while the Spaniard does not want to risk abdominal discomfort and will try to get to Cincinnati in the best possible way.

“From the days off and my subsequent return to training, everything has gone well in recent weeks in terms of training and preparation,” explained Nadal. it’s a statement. “Four days ago I also started training the serve and yesterday (Thursday), after training, I had a little discomfort that was still there today. We decided not to go to Montreal and continue training without forcing”, he adds. he.