Guayaquil receives the seventh stop of the South American challengers tour. On the last day of the first round there were seven Argentines and six of them made it to the next stage. The only defeat was logical, due to the clash between two compatriots: Juan Manuel Cerúndolo ended up prevailing over Renzo Olivoin straight sets and won the ticket to the round of 16 of the tournament.
The good surprises are the appearances of Mariano Kestelboim and of Alex Barrenawho went through the classification and were already among the best 16 of the contest. For Mariano, this experience has so far helped him advance 44 positions in the ranking, while Alex rose 58.
In the rest of the duels on Tuesday there were no surprises and the first seed, Francisco Comesañapassed very calmly past his Ecuadorian namesake, Francisco Castro. For its part, Romanian Burruchaga He was only on court for one set, since his rival, the Brazilian Pedro Sakamotoretired after losing the tie break of the opening set.
Federico Gomez It is another of those that continues to add in this sequence of tournaments in the region. He also got into the second round and will have the Dutchman as an opponent Ryan Nijboer25 years old and 247th in the ranking, after beating the Frenchman Mathys Erhard.
With dawn on Wednesday, the first day of the round of 16 will begin, which will feature the presence of three Argentines, with one of them guaranteed in the quarterfinals. Federico Coria (ARG), the second seed, is in search of the points that will allow him to return to the Top 100 and leave it installed to play the Main Draw del Australian Openprimer 2025 Grand Slam. Before him will be Kestelboim with all his hopes of advancing in the tournament.
The youngest of the Cerúndolo brothers, in his desire to reach a new definition that would allow him to get closer to the 120th position in the ranking, will have as an opponent Henrique Rochaa 20-year-old Portuguese, who is ranked 179th in the ranking.
At the opening of the day, a player who raised quite a few expectations in the previous season, the Peruvian Gonzalo Bueno will try to get a ticket to the next round against the Chilean Vera neighborhoods.
For its part, the only local player left in the box is Andres Andradewho will have a difficult commitment against another Peruvian, Juan Pablo Varillasdirected by Tandilense Diego Junqueira.
Varillas was among the select group of the top 100 in the world, but a series of injuries and some bad results ended up sending him back down the ranks and now he is fighting to return to that place.
(1)Francisco Comesaña (ARG) to (wc)Francisco Castro (ECU) 6-1 and 6-0
(4)Román Burruchaga (ARG) to Pedro Sakamoto (BRA) 7-6(1) and retirement
(8) Federico Gómez (ARG) and (Q) Mathys Erhard (FRA) 6-4, 4-6 and 6-4
(Q)Mariani Kestelboim (ARG) vs Franco Roncadelli (URU) 6-0 y 6-2
(6)Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (ARG) to Renzo Olivo (ARG) 6-2 and 6-3
(Q)Alex Barrena (ARG) to Vilius Gaubas (LIT) 6-4, 3-6 and 6-3
Murkel Dellien (BOL) a Marcos Chan Baratau (ECU) 6-1 y 6-0
Court Central
From 12 in Argentina
Gonzalo Bueno (PER)-Tomás Barrios Vera (CHI)
(2)Federico Coria (ARG)-(Q)Mariano Kestelboim (ARG)
(6)Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (ARG)-Henrique Rocha (POR)
Andrés Andrade (ECU)-Juan Pablo Varillas (PER)
