The Argentine tennis player Facundo Bagnis advanced to the second round of the ATP 250 in Los Cabos, Mexico, in a contest that is held on a hard surface, beating the American Ernesto Escobedo in his debut. In addition, the national players Tomás Etcheverry and Gonzalo Villanueva fell.Bagnis, located in position 113 of the ATP world ranking, won against Escobedo (158th) after an hour and 17 minutes of play and, in this way, added his second triumph in as many presentations against the opponent born in Los Angeles, whom he had also defeated in the qualification for the US Open 2014.
Grandstand Hot | 1ST ROUND | #ATC2022 F. Bagnis 6 6 ✅
E. Escobedo 3 1 — Mifel Tennis Open (@AbiertoLosCabos)
August 3, 2022
The next rival of the santafesino will be the Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis (98°), who surpassed the Frenchman Quentin Halys (73°) by 7-6 and 7-5.It is worth mentioning that the other Argentines registered in the Mexican contest. Tomás Etcheverry (72nd) and Gonzalo Villanueva (279th) fell in the first round of the contest. Etcheverry lost to Australia’s Jason Kubler (100th) 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-1, while Villanueva, who first played in the main draw of an ATP tournament, fell to American Steve Johnson (92nd) 7-6 (1), 6-4.
