Argentine tennis player Marco Trungelliti (117th) secured a new victory by defeating Polish player Kamil Majchrzak (53rd, 5th seed), advancing to the quarterfinals of the ATP 250 tournament in Marrakech, Morocco, which marks the start of a new clay court swing. According to the Argentine News Agency, 'Trunge' won 7-6 (4) and 6-3 after 1 hour and 48 minutes of play. Thus, the Santiago native achieved a historic victory: he will play in an ATP quarterfinal for the third time in his career, for the first time since 2019, and has entered the top 100 of the live ranking for the first time. Marco Trungelliti is having a movie-like 2026, where he is achieving the biggest goals of his career, and is on a run after two wins at the ATP in Marrakech. The Argentine started the year with the news that he would represent the country in the United Cup, where he did not play any matches, but shortly after received an even better call-up: he was selected by Javier Frana, captain of the Argentine team, to be part of the squad for the first leg of the Davis Cup, away against South Korea. Although he was a protagonist in two of the three defeats suffered by the team in a tough matchup against the South Koreans and did not win in his subsequent tournaments, Trungelliti had the opportunity to play the qualifying rounds of the ATP 500 in Doha, Qatar, and Dubai, United Arab Emirates, making a significant financial difference before heading to Africa to play. Accustomed to playing tournaments in less popular regions of the circuit, the 36-year-old Argentine played two Challengers in Rwanda, winning the second one, and remained on the African continent to start the ATP in Marrakech, Morocco, where he has already secured two wins and allows himself to dream. After a winning debut against Portuguese player Henrique Rocha in the first round, Trungelliti managed to eliminate a tough rival like Majchrzak, the fifth-best ranked in the tournament, in a match where he did not face any breaks, to reach the best live ranking of his career. At 36 and strengthened by the phrase from the Argentine series 'The Eternauta' 'the old one works,' which he has printed on a t-shirt he uses for training, Marco Trungelliti managed to overcome the tough top 100 barrier in the live ranking. He will need to win another match or wait for bad results from some rivals for this to be confirmed in the official ranking, and he dreams of directly entering the main draw of Roland Garros, which would be the first Grand Slam of his career where he does not have to play qualifying rounds. With the goal of playing an ATP-level semifinal for the second time in his career (he had done so at the 250 in Umag in 2018), Trungelliti will play against French player Corentin Moutet (32nd and third seed), known for his agility and great ability to hit sliced shots, with effect slice or dropshots.
