The Argentine beat Chilean Garin 6-4, 7-5. His rival in the second round is the trans-Andean Nicolás Jarry or the Spaniard Pedro Martínez. Meanwhile, Hernán Casanova was eliminated.
Federico Coria (73rd in the world ranking) qualified for the second round of the Kitzbuhel ATP 250 after defeating the Chilean Christian Garin (71st) in straight sets 6-4 and 7-5. The tournament that takes place in Austria, in brick dust, distributes 597,900 euros in prizes.
The tennis player from Santa Fe prevailed after fighting for almost two hours of play and in this way he stretched the difference between the two in the professional circuit (he is now 3-1). His next opponent will be the winner of the trans-Andean duel Nicholas Jarry (112th) and Spanish Peter Martinez (49th).
The other Argentines in the competition are Hernán Casanova (208th), which was eliminated after falling against the local Jury Rodionov (145º) of 6-4 and 6-2. Entering the main draw from qualifying, he failed in the first round of the tournament and bid farewell with a straight sets fall.
The Argentine champions in Kitzbuhel
Throughout history there have been seven albiceleste tennis players who have retained the title. They are: William Vilas (1977, 1980, 1982 and 1983), Horacio de la Pena (1990), William Coria (2003). Gaston Gaudio (2004), Agustin Calleri (2006), John Monaco (2007) and Juan Martin del Potro (2008).
Source: Tycsports
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