Local tennis players Diego Schwartzman and Juan Manuel Cerúndolo joined Federico Coria and Facundo Bagnis, to complete the Argentine legion in a quarterfinal of the Córdoba Open ATP 250, which keep Albert Ramos as the only Spanish representation.
Diego Schwartzman (9) and top favorite of the tournament had a solid debut when he achieved a comfortable victory against Italian Marco Cecchinato (87) by a double 6-2 in just one hour and 40 minutes of play.
The best Argentine racket will have as rival in the next instance to the Spanish Albert Ramos (47), who had to use two hours and 48 minutes to beat the local 21-year-old Tomás Etcheverry (234) by 2-6, 7-6 (5) and 7-5.
The big surprise of the day on Thursday was the victory of the young local tennis player Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (335), 19 years old, who beat the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic (41) by 6-7 (3), 7-5 and 6-2, in the match that marked the premiere of the European's relationship with David Nalbandian as coach.
His rival in the quarterfinals will be the Brazilian Thiago Monteiro (74), who defeated Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena (96) 6-3 and 6-4 in the first round of this Thursday to leave the picture of this contest without Iberian representatives.
Argentine Guido Pella (45) was low in the last minute for coronavirus.
This Thursday the quarterfinal day will be played in full with the aforementioned crosses between Diego Schwartzman against Albert Ramos and Juan Manuel Cerúndolo against Thiago Monteiro, In a program that will also have the local Federico Coria (95) against the French Benoit Paire (29), while the Argentinean Facundo Bagnis (130) will cross with the Slovak Jozef Kovalik (128).
The tournament is played on clay and will provide 250 points for the winner, 150 for the finalist, 90 for the semi-finalists, 45 for the quarterfinalists, and 20 for those who reach the second round.
This Argentine contest will distribute $ 325,270 (267,510 euros), almost half of the last edition.