Chilean Nicolás Jarry, number 21 in the ATP rankings, defeated Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka (60) this Wednesday in the featured match of the round of 16 of the Argentina Open, which will have the debut of the Spaniard this Thursday (10:30 pm) Carlos Alcaraz, first favorite
The third favorite in the competition in Buenos Aires defeated Wawrinka 6-7 (3), 6-2 and 7-6 (5) after 2 hours and 54 minutes of play. Jarry will face Argentine Tomás Etcheverry (27) in the quarterfinals.
After an early exit from last week’s Córdoba Open, Etcheverry, seeded sixth, easily defeated Colombian Daniel Galán (80) in one hour and 23 minutes.
Galán pulled off a big surprise yesterday at the Guillermo Vilas Stadium, defeating local Diego Schwartzman 6-2, 1-6 and 4-6.
Serbian Dusan Lajovic (58) defeated Chilean Alejandro Tabilo (54) on clay 6-4, 1-6 and 6-1 in one hour and 37 minutes.
The Serbian’s rival in the quarterfinals will be Facundo Díaz Acosta (87), who defeated Francisco Cerúndolo (22) in the home duel, the best of his country in the ranking, and the fourth favorite in Buenos Aires.
Díaz Acosta defeated Cerúndolo 7-6(3) and 6-0 in one hour and 39 minutes of play.
The round of 16 games will be completed this Thursday. Italian Andrea Vavassori (152) will face Serbian Laslo Djere (35), Argentine Federico Coria (106) with British Cameron Norrie (20), Carlos Alcaraz (2) with Argentine Camilo Ugo Carabelli (134) and his compatriot Sebastián Báez (30) with the Italian Luciano Darderi (76), new winners in Córdoba.
Source: La Verdad
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