The Argentine Francisco Cerúndolo, brand new champion of the Bastad tournament, presented himself yesterday in Hamburg with a victory. Cerúndolo, 23 years old and ranked 30th in the world ranking, beat German Daniel Altmaier (56) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, in two hours and 12 minutes. In the next round, the oldest of the Cerúndolo brothers will play against the winner of the match between the Russian Andrey Rublev (8 in the world) and the Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis (107).
On the other hand, Schwartzman, the best Argentine tennis player in the ATP ranking, lost in the first round against the Finn Emil Ruusuvuori (42) by 7-5 and 6-4.
For his part, Báez from Buenos Aires (ranked 32) was unable to beat Serbian Filip Krajinovic (43) in a very even match that he lost 6-1, 4-6 and 7-6 (6) in 2 hours and 24 minutes. of game. In addition, in one of the last matches yesterday, Federico Coria (78) from Rosario lost to Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan (113) 7-6 (4) and 6-4.
Vilas and his legacy, the axes of a new book
The glorious career of Guillermo Vilas, the most important Argentine tennis player in history, and the immense legacy he left for the development of those who followed in his footsteps are the axis of “Vilas, number 1”, a book by journalist Luis Vinker edited by Planeta .
«Before Maradona or Messi (or Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal), long before the internet and social networks, when those entourages in which the athlete travels surrounded did not exist, a single man with his soul traveled the planet winning matches and tournaments and gave this country a gift it did not expect: a love for tennis that has not been extinguished. This is how the publishing house Planeta presents the book.
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