This Monday the Buenos Aires Open starts in Argentinaa tournament that will mark the return of Carlos Alcaraz to the courts after the Australian Open.
The world number 2 will not debut until Wednesday or Thursday because, as the first seed, he is exempt from playing in the first round, but The action has begun in the city of Buenos Aires.
The preliminary phase began on Saturday, and it did so with controversy. Guillermo Vilas, the Argentine Mariano Navone and the Frenchman faced each other on the court Corentin Moutet, who suffered one of the most apotheotic cable crossings in memory.
Moutet scored the first set 7-5 but started to make mistakes in the second when, Apparently, he suffered from some physical problems.
We say apparently because He called the physio but he refused to attend and decided to continue playing. Well, playing to say the least. Underhand serves, hesitant shots and a lack of attitude shocked the home crowd, where he clashed on numerous occasions.
But it didn’t stop there. In addition to requesting the physio’s presence, Moutet made another request, this one less common: a two-liter bottle of a well-known soft drink brand.
Come on, a strange spectacle in a match that, logically, ended up losing 5-7, 6-2, 6-2.
For his part, Carlos Alcaraz will defend the title with an affordable team. He will start against Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas or a player from the previous round.
In the quarterfinals he will face Serbian Laslo Djere, seeded seventh and making his debut with Croatian Marin Cilic. For the semifinals, the Chilean Nicolás Jarry or the Argentine Tomás Martín Etcheverry.
As the second seed and aspiring finalist to Alcaraz, the British Cameron Norrie, whom he defeated in the 2023 final, against whom he lost, injured, the subsequent final in Rio.
On Norrie’s part Argentines Francisco Cerúndolo (4) and Sebastián Báez (5) also went.as well as the Frenchman and new student of Sergi Bruguera Arthur Fils.
Source: La Verdad
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