The Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club is preparing to host the 24th edition of the IEB+ Argentina Open, the most prestigious tennis tournament in the country, which will launch its main draw starting February 12.
But during this weekend, fans of white sports have a unique possibility: to enter the qualifying matches for free, which features several important tennis players who aspire to get their place among the contenders for the title.
This year the ATP 250 will have the presence of several great stars of world tennis such as the current Spanish number two in the world
Carlos Alcaraz
, the Grand Slam winners
Stan Wawrinka
and
Marin Cilic
, the finalist in the last edition
Cameron Norrie
and the young promise 19-year-old French
Arthur Fils
.
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Additionally, of course, there will be the best Argentine rackets on the circuit:
Francisco CerĂșndolo
,
SebastiĂĄn BĂĄez
,
TomĂĄs Etcheverry
and
Pedro CachĂn
.
On the other hand,
Diego Schwartzman
(90),
Facundo DĂaz Acosta
(107) and
Juan Manuel CerĂșndolo
(148) received a wild card from the organization to compete.
But the news lies in the surprises that the tournament brings this year.
Tennis fans will have free access to both days of qualifying (February 10 and 11).
To do this, you must download ON, the benefits application of a famous fuel brand.
Then, they will have to click on the register option.
Finally, they will enter the benefits tab and look for the IEB+ Argentina Open logo.
The classification days will begin at 12:00, but as entry will be on a first-come, first-served basis until the available capacity is exhausted, it is recommended to arrive well in advance.
People under 18 years of age will not be allowed to register in the ON app, so they will only be able to enter the event accompanied by an adult.
Five Argentines in search of the main draw
The first qualifying day will have
five Argentines
fighting to obtain their place in the main draw of a competition that will feature great international figures.
At Court Central Guillermo Vilas, the action will begin at 12:00.
when
Francisco Comesaña
faces the Chilean TomĂĄs Barrios Vera.
The action will continue no earlier than 1:30 p.m.
with one of the highlights of the day:
Mariano Navone
will have a tough battle against the Frenchman
Corentin Moutet
.
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Next there will be a left-handed duel between
Juan Manuel CerĂșndolo
and the Brazilian
Thiago Monteiro
, while at the end of the day the Spanish
Jaume Munar
will play against
Camilo Ugo Carabelli
, who was invited by the organization to participate in the qualy.
In Stadium 2, Daniel GalĂĄn (COL) vs Alex Molcan (SVK) will be presented starting at 12:00, followed by Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) vs Felipe Meligeni Alves (BRA);
next Pedro Martinez (ESP) vs Andrea Vavassori (ITA);
and the most outstanding match of this court closes the day with RomĂĄn Burruchaga (ARG) vs Hugo Dellien (BOL).