The Argentine tennis player, Francisco Cerundolo, world number 22, will be the main favorite of the Ţiriac Open (ATP 250) tournament, which will take place at the Năstase/Marica Sports Base in the Capital, from April 15 to 21.
Ion Țiriac brought back to Romania a pretty good men's tournament. PHOTO: The Truth Archive
Cerundolo will enter directly into the round of 16, in which he will face the winner between the Frenchman Richard Gasquet and the Argentinian Federico Coria, according to the draw made on Saturday.
On the main singles table they will appear, among othersveteranSwiss Stan Wawrinka, whose opponent in the first round will be the Portuguese Nuno Borges, the Canadian Denis Shapovalov, who will face the French Corentin Moutet, the Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, the second favorite, the American Sebastian Korda, seeded number three, who they will go directly into the eighth, etc.
The player who wins the ATP 250 tennis tournament in Bucharest will get 250 ATP points. In addition, the prizes offered in the Ţiriac Open competition total 580,000 euros, with the singles champion receiving 88,125 euros, and the finalist 150 ATP points and 51,400 euros.
The main table of simple
Francisco Cerundolo (Argentina/N.1) bye
Richard Gasquet (France) – Federico Coria (Argentina)
Luca Nardi (Italy) – Thiago Seyboth Wild (Brazil)
Luciano Darderi (Italy) – Mariano Navone (Argentina/N.5)
Sebastian Korda (USA/N.3) bye
Player from Qualifiers – Thanasi Kokkinakis (Australia)
David Goffin (Belgium) – Miomir Kecmanovic (Serbia)
Player from qualifiers – Pedro Martinez (Spain/N.8)
Lorenzo Sonego (Italy/N.6) – Joao Fonseca (Brazil)
Player from qualifiers – Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA)
Hugo Gaston (France) – Arthur Rinderknech (France)
Alejandro Tabilo (Chile/N.4) bye
Nuno Borges (Portugal/N.7) – Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland)
Corentin Moutet (France) – Denis Shapovalov (Canada)
Player from qualifiers – Marton Fucsovics (Hungary)
Tallon Griekspoor (Netherlands/N.2) bye
