BUENOS AIRES/STARNBERG, June 22, 2022
The clay-court swing on the ATP Challenger Tour in Argentina continues this week with the Dove Men+Care Legión Sudamericana Challenger Buenos Aires hosted by the Tenis Club Argentino.
Top seed Juan Pablo Ficovich opened his title bid with a hard-fought 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-6(2) against Murkel Dellien from Bolivia on Tuesday. The World No. 168 capitalized on five of his 10 break-point opportunities and won 51 per cent of the total points played to secure victory in three hours and five minutes.
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Ficovich will next oppose fellow Argentine Facundo Juarez, who beat his compatriot and qualifier Tomas Farjat 6-0, 6-4 in 63 minutes.
In-form Francisco Comesana, champion of last week’s Challenger Corrientes, began his Buenos Aires campaign with a 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-3 first-round win over Nicolas Alvaraz from Peru. The World No. 239 from Argentina won 73 per cent of his first-service points and broke his rival’s serve five times to prevail after two hours and 11 minutes.
Up next for Comesana will be 23-year-old local wild card entry Juan Bautista Otegui, who edged out Japanese qualifier Naoki Nakagawa 6-4, 6-2. The encounter lasted one hour and 33 minutes.
Tuesday Results
Singles – First Round
[1] J. Ficovich (ARG) d M. Dellien (BOL) 67(5) 64 76(2)
[3] F. Comesana (ARG) d N. Alvarez (PER) 62 67(4) 63
[4] G. Villanueva (ARG) d [Q] L. Aboian (ARG) 64 16 61
[6] N. Hardt (DOM) d [Q] F. Tenti (ARG) 61 61
[7] M. Jaziri (TUN) d R. Burruchaga (ARG) 64 06 75
F. Juarez (ARG) d [Q] T. Farjat (ARG) 60 64
M. Navone (ARG) d [WC] V. Aboian (ARG) 64 36 63
[Q] G. Andreozzi (ARG) d E. Zhu (USA) 61 75
[Q] J. Galarza (ARG) d W. Leite (BRA) 76(2) 63
[WC] J. Otegui (ARG) d [Q] N. Nakagawa (JPN) 64 62
Doubles – First Round
[3] C. Huertas del Pino (PER) / A. Huertas Del Pino Cordova (PER) d [WC] J. Estevarena (ARG) / S. Giamichelle (ARG) 61 62
M. Descotte (ARG) / A. Lingua Lavallen (ARG) d I. Monzon (ARG) / F. Tenti (ARG) 64 61
