The German Alexander Zverevnumber 4 in the world, will perform at the twenty-fifth edition of the IEB+ Argentina Tennis Opento be played at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club in February 2025, the organization reported on Monday.
According to the organization of the competition in Buenos Aires, directed by former Argentine tennis player Martín Jaite, the runner-up of Roland Garros 2024 was the first confirmed by this edition that will be held from February 8 to 16 in the so-called “cathedral of Argentine tennis.”
In a video shared on social networks of the tournament, the 27-year-old Hamburg-born tennis player said that he felt “so much fun” and “so much fun” for announcing that he will compete in this competition in a city he already visited in 2019, when he participated in an exhibition against the Swiss Roger Federer. “I look forward to going to Buenos Aires again,” he said.
Zverev, who fell in the quarterfinals of the Paris 2024 Olympic tournament against the Italian Lorenzo Musetti, is a great confirmation for the Buenos Aires Open, because of his record: 22 ATP Tour titles (including 6 ATP Masters 1000 and 2 ATP Finals) , gold medalist at the 2020 Tokyo Games and finalist at the 2020 US Open, as well as this year’s Roland Garros.
Exactly in the Parisian arena he fell to the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, currently number three on the ATP circuit and star competitor of the two previous editions of the Buenos Aires tournament.
In the capital of Argentina, the Murcian acknowledged that, after attending the Argentina Open 2023 due to his absence in Australia due to injuries, in 2024 he decided to participate because “the vibes here are special” and recommended that the players of tennis the South American tour because “it’s awesome.”
However, Alcaraz has only confirmed that next February he will compete in the ATP 500 draw in Rotterdam, which could give him a break on the South American tour.
After the last edition of the Argentina Open (ATP 250), with the Argentine Facundo Díaz Acosta as champion, a campaign was created in the networks to claim the promotion of the category to an ATP 500: a video involving the Spaniard Rafa Nadal is the second professional tennis player with the most Grand Slams in history (22), behind only Serbian Novak Djokovic (24) and leading Swiss Roger Federer (20).
The video opens with an image of the Buenos Aires Obelisk and travels through the history of Argentine tennis, with names such as Guillermo Vilas, Gabriela Sabatini, Gastón Gaudio, Gisela Dulko, Guillermo Coria or David Nalbandián.
And the Mallorcan concluded: “Buenos Aires deserves an Open 500 because of the history of Argentine tennis and because of the fans, one of the best in the world, without a doubt.”
Source: La Verdad
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