Last year’s finalists, Thiago Tirante (Argentina) and Juan Pablo Varillas (Peru), as well as Argentine Facundo Mena and Colombian Nicolás Mejía, advanced to the quarterfinals of the Ambato ATP Challenger ‘The Big City’, a contest that It takes place until Sunday, October 23 in the Tungurahuense capital with free admission.
Brace (258 of the ranking of the ATP) gave an account of the New Zealand ‘qualifier’ Kiranpal Pannu (724 ATP) 6-2, 6-2, confirming how well the central court of Club Tungurahua suits him.
“I feel very comfortable, I already know where the spaces are, it is a much larger field than the other two, but I feel very comfortable, it also gives me a lot of confidence to see and know where the signs, the net and the nothing, I’m taking it step by step and being able to play more games like this like this”, said the Argentine champion in this tournament last year.
For the place in the semifinal, he will face his compatriot Facundo Mena (161 ATP) who gave an account of the young Ecuadorian Andrés Andrade (678 ATP) 6-3, 6-4.
The good serve and accurate return were key to his victory over the tennis player from Guayaquil who paid dearly for giving up his service early in the first set and then in the seventh games of the second part.
“Last year with Thiago (Tirante) we played a great match, so I hope it will be like that again,” said Mena in reference to the duel that both staged the previous year in the semifinal with victory for the native of La Plata in three sets.
MEJÍA FACES VARILLAS
Breaking the Argentine dominance a bit, the Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas (123 ATP) appears, who he beat in two tie breaks the French Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (408 ATP), by partials of 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4).
Located in the ranking 123 of the ATP, Varillas knows that these points in dispute here are vital in his aspirations to finish the season in the top 100 and thus ensure his entry into the main draw of the Australian Open 2023.
“Yes, I think that’s a big goal I have for this year, to try to finish top 100 and being able to start the year in the best way, playing in the main draw of Australia”, he pointed out.
The Colombian Nicolás Mejía (293 ATP) who defeated the Peruvian Jorge Panta (464 ATP) 6-3, 6-4 has also done a good job so far.
For the man from Bogotá, this is the fourth time this year that he has reached the quarterfinals in a Challenger, and for his move to the semifinal he will face Varillas.
“The truth is that I have been playing well, unfortunately in California the results had not been given, but this is a very important confidence boost for the rest of the year and entering Australia, which is the objective,” he said.
THIS FRIDAY THE SINGLES QUARTERFINAL AND DOUBLE SEMIFINALS
The schedule for this Friday began at 10:00 a.m. and the four quarterfinal singles matches and the two semifinal doubles matches are scheduled to be played.
On Saturday 22 the day will start at 11:00, in which the singles semifinals and the doubles final will be played, while on Sunday the singles final will be played starting at 12:30.
Admission for the entire week of the tournament is free, so the Ambateño and Ecuadorian public will be able to access all the matches of the tournament, including the finals, at no cost.
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Source: Eluniverso
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