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The rain threatened to stick its tail in again, but the AAT Challenger Santander Villa María edition defined their round of 16 draw. In the eight duels corresponding to the first round of the largest tournament organized by the Argentine Tennis Association During the year, there was at least one Argentine as the protagonist. The balance was even: five advanced and six were left on the road, three of them at the hands of a compatriot.
On Tuesday, one day later than planned due to the rainfall that forced the cancellation of Monday’s activity, eight of the 16 squares on the grid for the round of 16 of the competition being held at the Sport Social Club of the Cordoba city. The albicelestes Camilo Ugo Carabelli, Juan Manuel Cerúndolo and Federico Gómez; the brazilians Pedro Sakamoto and Felipe Meligeni Alves; the paraguayan Daniel Vallejo; the american Tristan Boyer; and the dutch Jesper De Jong They had already secured their place in the phase that will be played from this Thursday.
Wednesday started gray. A few first drops predicted unfriendly weather for practicing outdoor sports, but as the hours passed the clouds opened and allowed the tennis players to go out to the three courts on the premises. The central court, which has capacity for 1,000 spectators, began the activity with the match between two Argentines: Román Burruchaga and Genaro Olivieri. The son of the world champion, who accompanied him from the stands, won in straight sets, 6-1 and 6-4.
Minutes later, it was time to Federico Coriawithout a doubt one of the public’s favorites and first seed. Mojarra, who came to the competition after having fallen in the final of the Buenos Aires Challenger against Francisco Comesañahad to fight until the end of the tough match against Gonzalo Villanueva. The man from Rosario won 6-4 and 7-6 (7), and advanced to the round.
The winner of the Buenos Aires competition was one of the protagonists of the following confrontation and had the Brazilian as a contender Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida. The São Paulo player hit the ball and won against The Shark in straight sets, 7-6 (4) and 6-4. In this way, the number two seed fell by the wayside.
Court 2 of the two-hectare property also had activity since after noon and was the scene of two Argentine triumphs and one loss. In the opening match, Gustavo Heide swept away the aspirations of Nicholas Kickerwho reached the main draw from qualification, with a resounding double 6-1.
Andrea Collarini and Luciano Ambrogi They were the two national representatives who managed to access the best 16 of the tournament. The first needed three sets (2-6, 7-5 and 6-3) to win against the Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillaswhile the second, 6-4 and 6-4, won against the Brazilian Matthew Alves.
The round of 32 of the main draw of the AAT Challenger Santander from Villa María It closed with the two matches held on court 3. The agenda opened with the cross between the compatriots Lautaro Midón and Facundo Menawho won without mitigating circumstances, 6-1 and 6-3. And finally, the Bolivian Hugo Dellien He also needed two sets to secure his ticket to the next stage and leave Santiago Rodríguez Tavern7-5 and 6-2. The day concludes with the first round duels of the doubles version of the competition.
On Thursday there will be eight Argentines looking for their ticket to the quarterfinals.
