:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/FPRJ2JHMOBACVE5KH23223EJ4M.jpg "Carlos Alcaraz and several of the best tennis players in the world danced the tango at the Obelisk ahead of the Argentine Open 1")
He Argentina Open it has become one of the most important tennis tournaments in the region. The opportunity to see some of the best players on the professional circuit for a week in February is an advantage that fans of the sport have in Argentina.
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It will be the 23rd edition of what is already a tennis classic in our country and will include the participation as the first seed of Carlos Alcaraz. The Spaniard, who has just been number 1 in the world in the ATP ranking – today he is ranked 2nd – took part with other personalities in a special visit to the waiting room at the start of the competition in the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club.
This Sunday, Alcaraz himself with the British Cameron Norrie (11th), the Italian Lorenzo Musetti (18°), little schwartzman (28th) and the Austrian Dominique Thiemdouble champion of the Argentinian Open, they posed in front of the obelisk and danced the tango. In addition, facing the icon of the city of Buenos Aires, they took the opportunity to rally before making their debut on the clay courts of the BALTC.
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Tennis players were able to taste Argentine gastronomic delights such as mate and dulce de leche thanks to the joint action of Ministry of Tourism and Sports of the Nation and the National Institute for the Promotion of Tourism and the Argentina Open. Thus, the best pre-classified of the competition in the company of Thiem -winner of the 2015 and 2018 editions-, showed some of the tourist and gastronomic assets that the country has to offer to international tourists, They walked the streets of Buenos Aires and took photos with children and tourists who visited the city.
For its part, Alcaraz was encouraged to score national food classics after trying them. He gave the mate a “5.5 or 6” and said, “Not something I would drink alone.” What Carlitos liked was the dulce de leche: “I would eat that one on its own, I would give it an 8,” said the El Palmar native, who is just 19. How did you rate the alfajor? “That’s good,” he said and gave it a 7.
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For Alcaraz, this will be his first official tournament after almost four months of exclusion due to the abdominal injury he suffered at the end of 2022 which did not allow him to be present at the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the season which remained in the hands of the Serbs Novak Djokovic. Thanks to this victory, Nole regained first place in the world rankings and stole it from the Spaniard.
The young tennis player will make his debut in the second round – it will be played from Wednesday 15 – against the winner of the match between the Italian Fabio Fognini and the Serbian Laslo Djere. For his part, Norrie will play in the round of 16 against an Argentinian: the winner of the duel between Facundo Díaz Acosta and Federico Coria will emerge the rival of the native of South Africa.
The third seed is Musetti. The Italian-born 20-year-old will have to wait for the winner of the key which will feature Brazilian Thiago Monteiro and Argentinian Pedro Cachín. Eventually. Diego Schwartzman – winner in 2021 – will face a Spaniard in the second round: his opponent will emerge victorious from the duel between Spaniards with Pedro Martinez and Bernabé Zapata Miralles.
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