There were 12 days of high-level tennis competition between the prequaly, qualy and main draw with a successful balance that confirmed the intention of the Tennis Federation of the Center of the Province of Buenos Aires and the Azul Rowing Club to be able to have dates tournament schedules M15 (men’s) and W15 or W25 (women’s) as a way to promote tennis in the region and with the possibility that cities neighboring Azul, such as Tandil and Olavarría, can organize their championships and thus have consecutive weeks of competition in the center of Buenos Aires.
The champions
On Saturday afternoon, with a large audience, the doubles final was played where the Argentine Mateo del Pino and the American Alex Kuperstein defeated the Argentine duo made up of Lautaro Falabella and Santiago de la Fuente by 4/6 7 /6 and 10-8 in super tie break.
Already on Sunday morning, with more than 200 people in the stands of court 8 of the Rowing club, the singles final was played where the Argentine Lorenzo Rodríguez, 614th in the world ranking, won 6/3 6/3 Also Argentine Alex Barrena, 623 in the world. In this way Rodríguez, a native of Berazategui, obtained his second ATP title.
Recognition and “millionaire” visit
During the event, a tribute was made to Gustavo Tavernini, one of the precursors of the arrival of this type of tournaments to the city of Azul at the beginning of the 2000s. In addition, Tavernini was coach of Federico Delbonis when the Azuleño gave the final point to Argentina to obtain the Davis Cup in 2016.
In addition, on Saturday there was a special visit from River Plate midfielder, Franco Mastantuono from Azul, who had an outstanding time in national tennis when he was among the 10 best in the country when he was 12 years old.
The champion Lorenzo Rodríguez along with the other finalist Alex Barrena and the president of the tennis subcommittee of the Azul Rowing Club Gonzalo Vidal. PHOTO VERÓNICA ALBELO
The California-born (USA) Alex Kuperstein and the Argentine Mateo del Pino won the M15 de Azul in doubles.
Gustavo Tavernini, dressed in a black t-shirt, received recognition before the singles final.
The Azuleño Franco Mastantuono, current River player, was watching some games with some friends. When he was 12 years old he was among the 10 best tennis players of his age in Argentina.
