He Rio de Janeiro Opento be played between February 15 and 23, will feature 11 of the world’s 50 best tennis players, including the German. Alexander Zverevcurrently number 2 in the ATP rankings – and semi-finalist at the Australian Open -, but not the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz –third in the world -, one of the great attractions of the tournament in the last four years.
The only ATP 500 tournament in South America will also have the Dane in its eleventh edition Holger Runethirteenth best racket in the world, the Italian Lorenzo Musetti (15), the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo (26) and the Argentine Sebastian Baez (28), who won the title last year and could become the first two-time champion in Rio.
The list of 11 of the 50 best in the world confirmed was completed by the Argentine Francisco Cerundolo (31), the Chilean Nicholas Jarry (36), the Argentine Tomas Martín Etcheverry (38), the Spanish Pedro Martinez (44), the Italian Luciano Darderi (45) and the Argentine Mariano Navone (47), according to the list released this Tuesday by the organizers.
One of the main attractions confirmed for this year’s tournament taking place on the clay court of the Brazilian Jockey Club is the Carioca João Fonsecaone of today’s major revelations and surprised to advance to the second round of the Australian Open last week.
Spain is the second country with the most competitors, with four, since then Along with Pedro Martínez are Roberto Carballés Baena (57), Jaume Munar (62) and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (66).
Source: La Verdad
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