Delbonis entered the main draw of the US Open.
Buenos Aires Frederic Delbonis and the Santa Fe Facundo Bagni prevailed in their respective qualifying matches e completed the batch of Argentine tennis players who will play the US Open, fourth and final Grand Slam of the season which will start this Monday in New York.
Delbonis, who is in 136th position in the ATP world rankings, beat Dutchman Jesper De Jong (212th) in the third qualifying round, with part times of 6-7, 6-1 and 6-4, after two hours and 30 minutes of play. In this way, the Azul native, a member of Argentina’s 2016 Davis Cup champion team, will add his eighth career stint in the Flushing Meadows complex. His best performances of him came in 2014 and 2016, when he reached the second round on both occasions.
While, Bagnis (106) defeated Italian veteran Andreas Seppi (196, 38), with segments of 7-5 and 6-2, after an hour and 28 minutes of fighting. The player born in the town of Armstrong will complete his fifth campaign in New York concrete. His most outstanding performance was reaching the third round in last year’s edition.
The rest of the Argentines
Seven other Argentine players will take part in the contest that will distribute prizes of $ 60.1 million.
the porteno Francesco Cerundolo (27th) will face former world number 1, Briton Andy Murray (49th), US Open champion in 2012.
platinum Thomas Etcheverry (86th) will have as inaugural opponent the Spaniard Pablo Andújar (92nd), while Cordovan Pedro Cachin (66th) will meet Slovenian Aljaz Bedene (343th), fresh from an injury that kept him out for a long time.
the Rosary Federico Coria (78th) will be another member of the Argentine Legion in the main draw and will make his debut against Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor (46th).
Buenos Aires Sebastian Baez (37th) will face a risky debut against young Spanish star Carlos Alcaraz (4th and third seed).
the porteno Diego Schwartzmann Also the (16th) will not have an accessible premiere, as he will face the American Jack Sock (108th), former number 8 in the ranking.
Finally, in the women’s competition, Rosario Nadia Podoroska (190th) will face the Slovakian Anna Schmiedlova (116th) at the start.
Source: Clarin
