Diego Schwartzman and the rest of the Argentine men’s tennis team take to the court to make their debut in the singles table of the Olympic tournament.
The “Peque”, who was the eighth seed in the draw and number 13 in the ATP ranking, will face the Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas. In the next round, the Portuguese Joao Sousa (137th) or the Czech Tomas Machac (145th) awaits him.
Federico Coria (103º) will be measured in the first round against the Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin (123º). Facundo Bagnis (96th) will make his debut against the German, Dominik Koepfer (57th). If he surpasses it, he would come across the winner between Félix Auger Aliassime (finalist of the Masters 1000 in Halle 2021) and Andy Murray, winner of two consecutive gold medals in 2012 and 2016.
Finally, Francisco Cerúndolo (117th), runner-up at the Argentina Open 2021 and last to arrive in Japan Taking advantage of Roger Federer’s loss, he will make his debut against Briton Liam Broady (142nd).
– .
