In the coming weeks, the Mar del Plata native will face the tough task of defending a dream South American tour he had in 2025, during which he accumulated 241 points and was catapulted from the 85th to the 67th position in the world rankings, earning the right to play in almost all Masters 1000 tournaments of the season. For the Rosario tournament, Comesaña will defend 16 points, as he reached the quarter-finals in the previous edition, and will seek to affirm his status as the top candidate and go for the title. The second seed is Mariano Navone, whose 2025 left some debts that he will seek to settle at the start of this season. Having reached the top 30 in mid-2024, being another player who made the most of the South American tour, last year Navone found himself trying to establish himself on the ATP level, although with some problems. Although he had the chance to represent the country in the Davis Cup, he was unable to sustain what he had done in his previous ATP in Rio, losing more than 20 positions in the ranking and ending up back in the Challenger circuit in the last four tournaments of his year, with the goal of regaining confidence and facing the pre-season renewed. With increasingly better tennis and a more developed physique than when he burst onto the professional circuit by winning the ATP 250 of Córdoba in 2021, Juan Manuel Cerúndolo occupies the third position in the list of candidates. Cerúndolo will be another player with the need to defend important points during the South American tour, as he secured 16 points in the previous Rosario Challenger and 98 units in the following regional tournaments. Buenos Aires, Jan 14 (NA) -- The Rosario Challenger 125 presented its list of participants, with Argentines Francisco Comesaña (68th), Mariano Navone (74th) and Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (83rd) as the most prominent players in the competition. Additionally, according to sources at the Argentine News Agency, the other two Top 100 players who will compete in the event will be Spanish Carlos Taberner (98th) and Czech Vit Kopriva (100th). This will be the second edition of the Rosario tournament, the highest-level Challenger held in the country, second in importance only behind the Argentina Open, and it has Camilo Ugo Carabelli (47th) as its defending champion. The Entry List of the Rosario Challenger. Argentine News Agency/Social @rosariochall. A stellar list of players, led by Francisco Comesaña, will add appeal to the Rosario Challenger, which seeks to achieve the same success as its first edition and establish itself as the first tournament of the February South American tour. Ranked 68th in the ATP rankings, Comesaña will be the top seed. However, his best result of 2025 came in July, when he surprised by reaching the final of the ATP 250 in Gstaad, Switzerland, where he included a victory over Casper Ruud (13th) on clay and a championship in the Challenger 100 of Guangzhou, in China. The crown is being defended by Camilo Ugo Carabelli, although the 'Brujo' cannot sign up for the next edition as he is in the Top 50 of the ATP. However, the native of Bajo Belgrano could participate if invited by the tournament organization, which already shook the tennis world last year by inviting the prominent Sebastián Báez.
