The Croatian Marin Cilicformer world number 3, will compete for the first time in IEB+ Argentina Open and join a list of stellar guests, such as the Spaniards Carlos Alcaraz or the swiss Stan Wawrinkasources from the organization confirmed this Thursday.
“He is the third guest to compete in the main draw” of the twenty-fourth edition of the competition, which will take place from February 10 to 18 at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club.
As on other occasions, the profile of the tournament on social networks gave clues as to who will be the next big name to compete for the Buenos Aires ATP 250 Tournament. After announcing the Balkan record of more than 20 titles, and even an Olympic medal in doubles (Tokyo 2020), his name was finally revealed.
The one who became number 3 in the world in 2018 has accumulated many titles in his career: champion of the United States Open (2014), the Davis Cup (2018) and the Cincinnati Masters 1000 (2018).
He was also a finalist in two other Grand Slams, Wimbledon (2017) and Australian Open (2018). In both he lost to the Swiss Roger Federer.
Cilic recently announced his return to the courts, after suffering a serious injury to his right knee during the Pune (India) tournament in 2023. Unfortunately, the Croatian saw his progress cut short, as before the that illness he recovered from a bad streak and coped. to reach the top 15 for the first time since 2019.
The 35-year-old veteran tennis player will step on the Argentine clay for the first time and will be one of the familiar faces along with the aforementioned Alcaraz or Wawrinka, the Frenchman Arthur Fils, the British Cameron Norrie and the local Francisco Cerúndolo.
Source: La Verdad
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