Tomás Etcheverry advanced to the knockout stages of the ATP 250 in Santiago, Chile

Argentine tennis player Tomás Etcheverry beat Italian Fabio Fognini 6-1, 7-6 (1) today and advanced to the knockout stages of the ATP 250 in Santiago, Chile. In addition, Camilo Ugo Carabelli and Facundo Bagnis were eliminated in the debut in the trans-Andean contest. Etcheverry, born in La Plata and ranked 76th in the ATP world rankings, scored a great victory against the experienced Italian Fognini (82nd), 35, after an hour and 49 minutes of play. The 23-year-old platense will play in the second round against compatriot Francisco Cerúndolo (32nd), second seed, who was exempted from the opening round of the contest. For his part, Camilo Ugo Carabelli (122°), emerged from the previous classification and born in the City of Buenos Aires, was defeated by the Serbian Dusan Lajovic (75°) by 6-1 and 6-3.The Serbian will face in the second phase of the tournament against the Argentine Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (108°), who yesterday beat in the opening round the Cordovan Pedro Cachín (61°) by 6-4, 3-6 and 6-3.Later, the Santa Fe Facundo Bagnis (94th) was left out of the tournament by losing to Italian Marco Cecchinato (91st) 6-2, 3-6 and 7-6 (3) after two hours and 21 minutes of confrontation. The other two Argentines participating in the tournament are Diego Schwartzman and Sebastián Báez, who will enter to play directly in the knockout stages, between tomorrow and Thursday. The “Peque” (37th) will face the Chilean Nicolás Jarry (87th), who won over the Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas (77th) with partial 7-6 (1) and 6-4.Al time that Báez (35th), finalist in the previous edition and champion this year in the Córdoba Open, awaits the winner of the match between the Austrian Dominic Thiem (99th) and the Chilean Cristian Garín (100th).

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