Francisco Cerúndolo to face Diego Schwartzman in opening round of ATP 500 Tokyo

Francisco Cerúndolo (21st) and Diego Schwartzman (130th) will star in a “duel” of Argentine tennis players in the opening round of the ATP 500 in Tokyo, which will begin next Monday, as determined by the draw of the main draw made today. On the other hand, the other national racket, Tomás Martín Etcheverry, will debut against the local Shintaro Mochizuki.The winner of the crossing will go in the second round against the Australian Alex De Minaur (11th) or a tennis player emerged from the classification. In the background, Schwartzman beat Cerúndolo the three times they faced each other on the circuit: in the final of the 2021 Argentina Open and in the quarterfinals of the 2022 Argentina Open, and also in the semifinals of the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro in 2022.For his part, Etcheverry (31st) will debut in Tokyo against the local Mochizuki (201st), who received an invitation to play the tournament, and in the case of winning his next opponent will emerge from the cross between the British Cameron Norrie (16th) and the American Taylor Fritz (8th), top favorite to the title and also defending champion since he stayed with the 2022 edition. It will distribute prizes for $ 2,178,980 and throughout its history it had an Argentine tennis player who was crowned champion, the tandilense Juan Martín Del Potro in the 2013 edition.

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