He Argentina Open it became one of the most important tennis tournaments in the region. The possibility of seeing some of the best players on the professional circuit for a week in February is an advantage that fans of this sport have in Argentina.
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This will be the 23rd edition of what is already a classic for tennis in our country and will include the participation as the first seed of Carlos Alcaraz. The Spaniard, who comes from being number 1 in the world in the ATP ranking -today he is ranked 2nd- participated together with other figures in a special visit in the waiting room at the beginning of the contest in the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club.
This Sunday, Alcaraz himself together with the British Cameron Norrie (11th), the Italian Lorenzo Musetti (18°), little schwartzman (28th) and the Austrian Dominic Thiemtwo-time champion of the Argentina Open, they posed in front of the Obelisk and danced tango. In addition, in front of the icon of the city of Buenos Aires, they took the opportunity to rally among themselves before making their debut on the BALTC clay.
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The tennis players were able to taste Argentine gastronomic delights such as mate and dulce de leche thanks to the joint action between the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of the Nation and the National Institute for Tourism Promotion and the Argentine Open. In this way, the best pre-classified of the contest in the company of Thiem -winner of the 2015 and 2018 editions-, showed some of the tourist and gastronomic benefits that the country has to offer to international tourists, They toured the streets of Buenos Aires and took photos with children and tourists who toured the city.
For his part, Alcaraz was encouraged to score the national food classics after trying them. He gave the mate a “5.5 or 6” and said: “It’s not something I would drink alone.” What Carlitos did like was the dulce de leche: “I would eat this one alone, I would give it an 8,” said the native of El Palmar, who is only 19 years old. What score did he give to the alfajor? “He’s good,” he said and gave it a 7.
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The winner had to battle for almost two hours to prevail 6-1, 3-6 and 6-3. It was the first victory in 2023 of an albiceleste representative in the men’s circuit
For Alcaraz, it will be his first official tournament after almost four months of being out of competition due to the abdominal injury he suffered at the end of 2022 and that did not allow him to be present at the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the season. that remained in the hands of the Serb Novak Djokovic. Thanks to this victory, Nole regained first place in the world ranking and took it from the Spaniard.
The young tennis player will debut in the second round – it will be played from Wednesday the 15th – against the winner of the match between the Italian Fabio Fognini and the Serbian Laslo Djere. For his part, Norrie will play in the round of 16 against an Argentine: the winner of the duel between Facundo Díaz Acosta and Federico Coria will come out the rival of the South African-born.
The third seed is Musetti. The 20-year-old born in Italy will have to wait for the winner of the key that will star the Brazilian Thiago Monteiro and the Argentine Pedro Cachín. Finally. Diego Schwartzman -winner in 2021- will face a Spaniard in the second round: his opponent will come out of the winner of the duel between Spaniards with Pedro Martinez and Bernabé Zapata Miralles.
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