Francisco Cerúndolo, the number one tennis player in Argentina, lost 6-7 (2-7), 7-6 (7-2), 3-6 against American Tommy Paul in the second round of the Toronto Masters 1000, in Canada.
Cerúndolo, ranked 22nd in the ATP world ranking, could not beat Paul (14th), a tennis player whom he had beaten twice, both this year and on grass, first at Queen’s and then in the Eastbourne final. , where he achieved the second title of his career.
The American had won the first meeting between the two, which was last year in the initial round of Eastbourne.
The 24-year-old Argentine appeared in Toronto last Monday with a victory over Canadian Alexis Galarneau (192nd) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. The winner Paul was installed in the round of 16, instance in which he will meet the American Marcos Girón (70th) or the “top ten” from Denmark Holger Rune (6th).
The Toronto Masters 1000, which begins the tour on a concrete surface prior to the US Open, the fourth and last Grand Slam of the year that will be played in New York from August 28, will distribute prizes for $7,622,925, and has a maximum favorite to number one in the world, Carlos Alcaraz from Murcia.
Alcaraz made his debut directly in the second round and beat American Ben Shelton (43rd) 6-3, 7-6 (7-3), who eliminated Spanish Bernabé Zapata Miralles (63rd) from the tournament.
The tournament began to be played in 1968 and had two Argentines who lifted the title: Guillermo Vilas in the 1974 and 1976 editions, and Guillermo Cañas in the 2002 edition.
As for the titles of the Argentines on the circuit, in 2023 four were won: the mentioned one by Cerúndolo in Eastbourne, the two by Sebastián Báez, in the Córdoba Open and Kitzbuhel, and the rest by Pedro Cachín in Gstaad.
2023-08-10 03:01:00
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