The Argentine tennis player Juan Manuel Cerundolo, twice champion this year in Challengers, both in Tigre, will face this Tuesday to the Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild for the initial round of the contest of the category that is played in Santiago, Chile, in a day in which other seven national rackets will also play.
Cerúndolo, 21 years old and ranked 104 in the ATP world ranking, will play not before 3:00 p.m. against Seyboth Wild (400), who emerged from the rankings, and if he passes, it will be up to Chilean Tomás Barrios Vera (184 ) or the Peruvian Gonzalo Bueno (534).
The other Argentines who will play during the day are Juan Bautista Torres, Thiago Tirante, Federico Delbonis, Genaro Olivieri, Renzo Olivo, Gonzalo Villanueva and Hernán Casanova.
Torres (259), emerged from the classification, will face the Italian nationalized Franco Agamenone (166) from Rio Cuarto and if he passes him he will go to the round of 16 against the also Argentine Román Burruchaga (254), who yesterday beat his compatriot Mariano in the initial round Navone (241) by 6-0 and 6-4.
The Tirant (233) from La Plata will play against the Italian Andrea Vavassori (216) and if he beats him it will be up to the Italian Andrea Pellegrino (189) or the Bolivian Hugo Dellien (99) in the next round.
Azuleño Delbonis (174) will play against the Frenchman Hugo Gastón (106), who emerged from the standings, and if he wins, the Argentine Facundo Díaz Acosta (172) will also win in the round of 16, who yesterday eliminated his compatriot Nicolás Kicker (200 ) by 6-3 and 6-3.
Olivieri (231) will face the Spanish Álvaro López San Martín (353), who emerged from the classification, and if he passes it, it will be an Italian next: Riccardo Bonadío (182) or Marco Cecchinato (91), second favorite for the tournament title.
Villanueva (304) and Casanova (242) will face each other and the winner will go to Facundo Bagnis (96), which guarantees the presence of an Argentine tennis player in the quarterfinals on Friday.
Bagnis from Santa Fe beat American Bruno Kuzuhara (598) 6-0, 6-1 on Monday.
Lastly, Rosario’s Olivo (176) will play against the Italian Federico Gaio (356), who emerged from the standings, and if he wins he will play in the round of 16 against Camilo Ugo Carabelli (124), who beat Chilean Nicolás yesterday Villalon (1221) by 6-1 and 6-0.
The trans-Andean Challenger, which takes place on clay courts and will distribute a total of $80,000 in prizes, will not have the presence of the top favorite for the title, the Chilean Nicolás Jarry (52), who decided to drop later after having won the ATP 250 in Santiago last Sunday, after beating the Argentine Tomás Martín Etcheverry in the final.
Jarry was replaced in the main draw by Brazilian Daniel Dutra Silva (265), who entered as a “lucky loser” after losing in the last round of qualifying, and will play in the initial round against Chilean tennis player Matías Soto (547). .
Argentine tennis players have won four Challenger category tournaments this year, which is next in importance to the ATP:
Juan Manuel Cerúndolo lifted the title twice in Tigre, in tournaments played at Club Náutico Hacoaj, while Andrea Collarini was crowned champion in Piracicaba, São Paulo, in Brazil; and Federico Coria in Concepción, in Chile.
