Local tennis players Federico Coria and Facundo Bagnis prevailed in the Argentine duel against Francisco Cerúndolo and Federico Delbonis, respectively, and were guaranteed their passport to the quarterfinals of the Córdoba ATP 250 Open in Argentina, which is played on clay.
Coria (95), who in his debut had defeated the German Dominik Koepfer, had to rehearse a reaction this Wednesday to win 1-6, 6-2 and 6-4 against the eldest of the Cerúndolo brothers (135) in one hour and 45 minutes of play.
His rival in the quarterfinals will be the French Benoit Paire, number 29 in the ATP classification and second seed of the tournament, who easily won 6-2 and 6-4 against the Chilean Nicolás Jarry (1165) in the last meeting of the day.
In the other duel of local tennis players this Wednesday, Facundo Bagnis (130) won over Federico Delbonis (84) by 6-4 and 7-5 in a duel that lasted one hour and 33 minutes.
His cross in the quarterfinals will be against the Slovak Josef Kovalik (128), who beat Chilean Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera (265) 4-6, 6-2 and 6-3 in the longest match on Wednesday with two hours and 12 minutes.
The Argentine Guido Pella (45) it was low at the last minute due to coronavirus.
This Thursday the round of 16 will be completed with the presentation of the top favorite and the best Argentine racket, Diego Schwartzman (9), against the Italian Marco Cecchinato (87); the crossing of the Argentine Tomás Martín Etcheverry (234) against the Spanish Albert Ramos-Vinolas (47)
In addition there will be the confrontation of the Brazilian Thiago Monteiro (74) with the also Spanish Roberto Carballes Baena (96) and the debut of the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic (41), with the premiere of the local David Nalbandian as coach, against the youngest of the Cerúndolo brothers, Juan Manuel (335).
The tournament is played on clay and will provide 250 points for the winner, 150 for the finalist, 90 for the semifinalists, 45 for the quarterfinalists, and 20 for those who reach the second round.
This Argentine contest will distribute $ 325,270, almost half of the last edition.