Tomás Etcheverry and Pedro Cachín advanced to the second round of the Madrid Masters 1000

Argentine tennis players Tomás Etcheverry and Pedro Cachín advanced today to the second round of the Madrid Masters 1000 by beating Frenchman Adrian Mannarino and Jordanian Abedallah Shelbayh, respectively. Etcheverry, born in La Plata and ranked 59th in the ATP world ranking, showed a very solid game, especially with his serve, and defeated the Frenchman Mannarino (46th), 34, by a convincing 6-4 and 6-0.The 23-year-old Platense and finalist this year in the ATP of Santiago, Chile, and Houston, United States, will play their next match against American Frances Tiafoe (11th), who entered the tournament directly in the second round. It should be remembered that Etcheverry lost this year to Tiafoe in the final of the Houston tournament by a tight 7-6 (1) and 7-6 (6) in the only precedent between the two in the circuit. For his part, Pedro Cachín (67°) did not go through surprises to defeat the special guest, the Jordanian Abedallah Shelbayh (243°), 6-1, 6-4. With this result, the native of the province of Córdoba reached his second victory in Masters 1000.Cachín category tournaments will play in the second round against the number one of Argentina, Francisco Cerúndolo (30°), who will debut in the tournament directly in this instance. The only precedent among the Argentines was in the qualification for the 2022 edition of the Australian Open and favors the Cordovan, who won 6-7 (5), 6-4 and 6-2.The other Argentine who was exempted from the opening round is Sebastián Báez (31°), champion this year in the ATP 250 of Córdoba, who will debut against the American Marcos Girón (61°), winner in this day of the Portuguese Nuno Borges (74°) by 6-2 and 7-6 (7).

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