He Antwerp European Open The activity began this Monday with two Argentine victories. For the first round of the tournament Belgian ATP 250, Tomás Etcheverry won in straight sets against the Frenchman Richard Gasquetby 7-6 (4) and 6-4. For its part, Mariano Navone He did the same against the Brazilian Thiago Monteiro in a duel that reached the third set: 6-3, 4-6 and 7-6 (6).
The other two Albiceleste tennis players who are part of the main draw of the competition are Facundo Díaz Acostawho will debut on Tuesday against the local Zizou Bergsy Sebastian Baez who will begin their journey on Wednesday directly in the round of 16, being the fourth seed in the event.
He Retu Etcheverry (35th in the world) won with authority against the former French number seven in the world, after winning a first set that required a tie break. The 38-year-old European player currently occupies the spot 135 on the ranking of the Association of Professional Tennis Players and had reached the competition thanks to a Wild Card. The player from La Plata will have to wait until Tuesday to meet his opponent in the round of 16, which will come from the confrontation between Roberto Bautista Agut (60) and the French Luca Van Asschewho entered the main draw from qualy.
For its part, Navone (43) had to battle for 32 games to leave Monteiro (88) behind. La Nave took a minimal advantage in the tie break of the third set that allowed it to access the next instance, which will also be played next Wednesday at the Lotto Arena Antwerp. His rival will come from the cross between the Russian from the classification Alexey Vatutin (336) and the gaul Hugo Gaston (77).
Báez (27) and Etcheverry are the two representatives of the Argentina YPF National Team that between November 19 and 24 will be in Málaga to play the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup ante Italia. The one born in the Buenos Aires town of Saint Martin will be presented in the second round of the European Open against the winner of a duel that is presumed to be extremely even between his compatriot Díaz Acosta (67) and Bergs (69).
The top favorite to win the tournament is the Australian Alex de Minaurwhich currently occupies the 9th place in the world ranking. The ocean ship will begin its journey in the ATP 250 before the Spanish Roberto Carballés Baena (54) and goes on the same side of the picture as Navone and Etcheverry.
At the bottom of the main draw, the best positioned and second seed is the Greek Stefano Tsitsipas (11), who will face the Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild (80) or French Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (48).
The indoor tournament on cement that takes place in Antwerp distributes about 700 thousand dollars in prizes and gives you 250 points for the ranking of the champion.
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