:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/PZCPX7HR75A4XJP4XATZCSXQFM.jpg "Peru's Juan Pablo Varillas delivered another resounding blow at the Argentina Open and advanced to the semi-finals 1")
He Argentina Open entered his final stretch before the grand final on Sunday and had a surprise in the quarter-finals with the brilliant performance of the Peruvian Jean Paul Varillas before italian Lorenzo Musetti, the third seed in the contest. He eliminated them 6-4, 6-4 to reach the semi-finals.
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The world number two delighted 5,000 people, who also applauded the former number 3 in the ATP rankings. “Winning here is super special,” said the Spaniard after beating Serbian Laslo Djere 6-2, 4-6, 6-2. Tomás Etcheverry was the only Argentine singles winner that day
At the first turn of the day, the British Cameron Norrie brought bad news to Argentine tennis: it ended the good week of Thomas Etcheverry. Although the home team won the first set 7-5, the Argentinian Facundo Lugones led team recovered against Facundo Díaz Acosta and won 6-0, 6-3.
The duel lasted two and a half hours and allowed the 12 of the planet to obtain the first pass for the semi-finals. Etcheverry, 23, is 82 in the world He had his best performance of the year given that he had just been kicked out of the ATP in Cordoba in the first round due to the fall against Joao Sousa and had only triumphed in a main draw in 2023 against Grégoire Barrere at the Australian Open.
Carlos Alcaraz and several of the best tennis players in the world danced the tango at the Obelisk ahead of the Argentine Open
With the presence of the Spanish world number two and the Argentinian Diego Schwartzman, among others, an action was organized to show the benefits of tourism in the middle of the tournament.
Then he Guillermo Vilas courtyard hosted the clash between the Peruvians Jean Paul Varillas and Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the third seed in the contest. The South American had given a real blow to the board after leaving the Austrian Dominic Thiem on the road: he won with a 6-4 brace in less than two hours of play. The first semi-final will oppose Norrie to Varillas.
The Peruvian representative, 27 yearsIt is 101 in the ranking, very close to his best position (94th a few weeks ago) and has not registered any final at ATP level in his career. He had just lost in the first round of the ATP in Cordoba against Dusan Lajovic and in his debut at the Australian Open against Alexander Zverev. In Buenos Aires, he brought out the best of his tennis with the wild card he received: he eliminated the Slovak Alex Molcan (7th seed), Thiem and now Musetti.
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El Peque suffered yet another defeat: despite their reaction at the end, they were beaten in straight sets 6-1 and 6-3. Francisco Cerúndulo defeated Jaume Munar and advanced in the contest
The Italian is 20 years old and is called to be one of the leaders of the circuit for the next few years: he is ranked 20th in the world rankings after winning two titles in 2022.
The other key to the semi-finals will be defined with the duels between the Spaniards Carlos Alcaraz (first seed and title contender) vs. Lajovic. Then the Spaniards will close the day Bernabé Zapata Miralles –eliminates Diego Schwartzman– against the local Francois Cerundolothe country’s last hope in the draw.
Note that this Argentinian ATP, which in 2021 had a local winner with Schwartzman after 12 editions of scarcity, has already seen the hosts say goodbye Camilo Ugo Carabelli, Sebastien Baez, Guido Pella, Pedro Cachin, Frederick Coria, Diaz Acosta and his Schwartzman before that day. It should be noted that after the defeats of the little and Thiem there will be a rookie champion at the Argentina Open
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