The arrangement of the tennis season is always something striking, because pThis is to last almost the entire year, there are stretches where there is more or less competitionbut there is something that does not change, and that is its beginning. Always begins with Australian tour in Januarywhich culminates with the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year. But After crowning champion in Melbourne there is a small gap until Indian Wells and Miami in MarchAnd in that month and a half there are a series of tournaments, among which the South American tour stands out, with several tournaments in Brazil and the Buenos Aires Open, which however is not usually a magnet for stars, but after having had Carlos Alcaraz for the last two years, they have gone after the number 4 in the world, Sasha Zverev.
The German will play the twenty-fifth edition of the IEB+ Argentina Open tennis tournament, which will be held at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club in February 2025. According to the organization, The runner-up of Roland Garros 2024 is the first confirmed for this edition that will take place from February 8 to 16 in the so-called “cathedral of Argentine tennis”And they have done it in a big way, with a video shared on social media for the tournament, in which the 27-year-old tennis player born in Hamburg said feeling “very excited” and “very happy” for announcing that he will play this competition in a city that he already visited in 2019, when he participated in an exhibition against the Swiss Roger Federer. “I am anxious to be back in Buenos Aires.”
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Zverev, que He fell in the quarter-finals in Paris 2024 against Lorenzo Musettiis a great confirmation for the Buenos Aires Open, as shown by his record of 22 ATP Tour titles, including 6 Masters 1000 y 2 ATP Finalsthe gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Games and being a finalist at the US Open and Roland Garros. Precisely in the Parisian arena he fell to the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, current number three on the ATP circuit and star competitor of the two previous editions from the Buenos Aires tournament.
In the Argentine capital, The Murcian acknowledged that, after attending the Argentina Open 2023 due to his absence in Australia due to injuries, in 2024 he had decided to participate because “The vibes that are experienced here are special” and recommended that tennis players try the South American tour because “it is wonderful.” However, Alcaraz has just confirmed that next February he will be in the draw for the ATP 500 in Rotterdamwhat could make you give up to the South American tour.
