The Argentine tennis player Juan Manuel Cerundolo (140°) advanced to the second round of the Challenger 125 in Rosario by defeating the Bolivian Juan Prado Angelo (291°) 6-4 and 5-7 at the start of the tournament. Meanwhile, the French player Alexandre Müller (58°), the second seed, was eliminated in the first round by the Brazilian Felipe Meligeni Alves (150°), and the Argentine Renzo Olivo (351°) fell to the Indian Sumit Nagal (105°).
Cerundolo claimed victory in a closely contested match that lasted over 90 minutes. In the first set, the Argentine broke his opponent's serve in the first game and managed to maintain the lead despite facing a break point in the fifth game. With a solid game, Cerundolo took the victory in the second set after a decisive game.
Felipe Meligeni Alves surprised by defeating Alexandre Müller in two sets and eliminating the second-seed in the first round. In an impeccable match, the Brazilian achieved important breaks in both sets to secure victory 6-4 and 6-4.
Renzo Olivo could not overcome the eighth seed Sumit Nagal and lost in three sets. After a closely contested first set that ended in favor of the Argentine, Nagal prevailed in the next two sets to take the victory 5-7, 6-1, and 6-0.
Tomorrow, Diego "Peque" Schwartzman (382°) will debut in the tournament facing his compatriot Camilo Ugo Carabelli (110°). Schwartzman, who announced his upcoming retirement, will seek to advance to the round of 16 in one of his final tournaments before the Argentina Open.
In other matches, Sebastián Báez (31°) will debut against the American Emilio Nava (215°), Francisco Comesania (87°) will face Juan Bautista Torres (277°), and Federico Coria (100°) will play against the Austrian Joel Schwaerzler (320°). Additionally, there will be matches between other Argentine players such as Thiago Tirante (126°), Guido Justo (427°), Román Burruchaga (131°), Juan Pablo Ficovich (183°), Marco Trungelliti (141°), Damir Dzumhur (89°), Facundo Mena (186°), Gustavo Heide (175°), Andrea Collarini (213°), and Dmitry Popko (197°).
