The Spanish Ferdinand Verdasco, the Argentines Federico Coria and Francisco Cerúndolo and the Serbs Miomir Kecmanovic and Dusan Lajovic They qualified this Monday for the round of 16 of the Argentine Open, the ATP 250 that is played in Buenos Aires and ends on Sunday. Verdasco beat Bolivian Hugo Dellien 6-4, 3-6, 6-1. In the second round, the Spaniard will face the winner of the cross between his compatriot Albert Ramos, who has just won the Córdoba Open, and the Brazilian Thiago Monteiro.
Cerúndolo beat fellow Argentine Facundo Bagnis 7-5, 6-2. In the other match between his compatriot, Kecmanovic kept the Serbian duel by beating eighth-seeded Laslo Djere 6-4, 1-6, 6-1. Kecmanovic and Cerúndolo will meet in the round of 16.
Lajovic, seeded fifth and number 37 in the world, suffered to beat Frenchman Benoit Paire 6-4, 4-6, 7(7)-(3)6. Lajovic will play in the round of 16 against Coria, who eliminated Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas by beating him 6-1, 1-6, 6-3.
This Tuesday the last games of the first round will be played and he will return to the circuit, after just over two and a half years, Juan Martin del Potro. The 33-year-old tennis player, who announced that he could be facing his last matches as a professional, will face fellow Argentine Federico Delbonis, sixth seed and number 42 in the world.
The Norwegian Casper Rudd (8 in the world), the Argentine Diego Schwartzman (15) and the Italians Lorenzo Sonego (22) and Fabio Fognini (40) are the best candidates to win the tournament.