The Argentine tennis player Pedro Cachín advanced today to the knockout stages of the Challenger of Verona, played in Italy, by beating in the opening round the Croatian Nino Serdarusic by 6-4 and 7-5. In addition, Santiago Rodríguez Taverna and Thiago Tirante were eliminated.Cachín, ranked 98th in the ATP rankings, needed an hour and 42 minutes of contention to marginalize Serdarusic (173rd) from the contest and add his sixth consecutive victory on the Challenger circuit.
In the knockout stages, the Cordovan will face the Italian Mattia Bellucci (323°), who today defeated his compatriot Federico Gaio (217°) by 7-5 and 6-4.It is worth mentioning that Cachín won three Challenger level tournaments during this year in Madrid, Prague and Todi. Thanks to obtaining this last contest, he got into his career for the first time among the best 100 tennis players in the world. On the other hand, as for the Argentine participation in Verona, Santiago Rodríguez Taverna (161°) fell to the Frenchman Alexandre Muller (162°) by 6-1, 4-2 and retired due to injury. In turn, the platense Thiago Tirante (170°) lost to the Italian Marco Cecchinato (154°) by 7-5 and 6-3 after an hour and 39 minutes of confrontation
