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Joao Fonseca opened in Buenos Aires with a simple win over Tomas Martin Etcheverry and can face one other Argentine, Federico Coria, on Thursday. Holger Rune will kick off his marketing campaign towards Mariano Navone.
Joao Fonseca vs. (LL) Federico CoriaFonseca has the Rio de Janeiro ATP 500 in entrance of the house crowd developing subsequent week, however he doesn’t look like trying forward previous the Argentina Open. The 18-year-old Brazilian erased Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday afternoon, bettering to 14-2 in his final 16 matches relationship again to his December triumph on the NextGen ATP Finals.
Mariano Navone vs. (2) Holger RuneRune has made the uncommon journey from European indoor onerous courts to the Golden Swing. The Twelfth-ranked Dane superior one spherical in Rotterdam however was coping with an sickness and received crushed by Pedro Martinez 6-4, 6-1. Fortuitously for Rune, he doesn’t get underway in Buenos Aires till Thursday–so he has loved a full week of relaxation.
Nonetheless, this isn’t a simple transition and going through Navone on a clay court docket in Argentina is about as tough because it will get for a seeded participant in spherical two of an ATP 250 event. Navone has the good thing about a match beneath his belt, too, having eased previous fellow Argentine Francisco Comesana 6-4, 6-4 on Monday. The one earlier assembly between these two rivals got here final spring in Madrid, the place Rune prevailed 5-7, 7-6(2), 6-4. That was an encouraging outcome for Navone in circumstances which might be too fast for his liking, so he has a fantastic probability to recover from the hump in entrance of his residence followers towards a susceptible opponent.
Decide: Navone in 3
