Five Argentines are one step away from the main draw at Roland Garros

Marco Trungelliti, Pedro Cachín, Juan Ignacio Londero, Camilo Ugo Carabelli and Santiago Rodríguez Taverna will play in the third and final round of qualifying in Paris. There were four defeats.

Five of Argentina’s nine tennis players (with a total of 11) have access to third and final round of being eligible to enter the main draw of Roland Garrossecond Grand Slam of the year to be played in Paris from Sunday.

Is about Marco Trungellitti, Pedro Cachin, John Ignatius Londoner, Camilo Ugo Carabelli Y Santiago Rodriguez Tavernwhile Thiago Tirante, Facundo Mena, Juan Manuel Cerundolo Y John Paul Ficovich they were eliminated after losing in the second round.

The battles of the Argentines who won the second round of the Roland Garros qualifiers

• The man from James Trungelliti32 years old and ranked 182nd in the world rankings, beating the Chilean Thomas Barrios Vera (140) 6-3 and 6-4 in an hour and 50 minutes of play. Now he will see them with the Russian Andrei Kuznetsov (227).
• The Cordovan Cachin (152) surpassed the Italian Gian Marco Moroni (166) of 7-6 (0) and 6-3 and will face the Austrian Juryj Rodionov (127) or Russian Pavel Kotov (143).
• Londonlocated at position 141 in the ATP rankings, beating the Swiss Dominic Stricker (177) by 7-5, 4-6 and 6-0 in two hours and five minutes. In the final qualifying round, Topo will play Croatian Borna Gojo (222).
• Carabelli (154) passed barely playing from his rival, the American Ernest Escobedo (135), retired when the Argentine was ahead 4-1 in the first set. Next time it will be measured in Swiss alexander ritschard (204), leaving Spanish FFernando Verdasco (109) of 6-2, 3-6 and 6-3.
• Rodriguez Taverna203rd in the ranking, dominated the Kazakh Timothy Skatov (191) 7-5 and 6-1 after an hour and a half, and just a step away from playing his first Grand Slam, something he will achieve if he wins his next match against the Bulgarian. Dimitar Kuzmanov (193). The 22-year-old Argentine defeated the Slovakian in the first round of qualifying Philip Horansky (189) and endorsed his superb season, which began in January with the Challenger title taking on the Tigers.

The games of the Argentines who lost in the second round of the Roland Garros qualifiers

• the platinum Crowded (192) was left with no chance to play a French Grand Slam after losing to Italy Alessandro Giannessi (173) of 7-5 and 6-2.
• same fate for Ore (167), which fell in Croatian gojo -Londero’s next rival- by 6-3 and 6-3.
• Cerúndolo (132), meanwhile, could not be with the German Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (210) 7-6 (7) and 6-3 in nearly two hours of play and eliminated.
• On the last turn, Ficovich (181) also failed to access the third round because he lost to the American Bjorn Fratangelo (185) for 6-1 and 6-2.

The Argentines face off in the third round of qualifying at Roland Garros

• Marco Trungellitti vs. Andrei Kuznetsov.
• Pedro Cachin vs. Jurij Rodionov or Pavel Kotov.
• John Ignatius Londoner vs. Borna Gojo.
• Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs. Alexander Ritschard.
• Santiago Rodriguez Tavern vs. Dimitar Kuzmanov.

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