Argentina Open: Fran Cerú surposted the rain and Darderi and will face his brother in the second round

Francisco closing it fulfilled all forecasts in his debut in the Argentina Open 2025. The Argentine, who played his first brick dust game in the season, defeated the Italo-Argentino Luciano Darderi 6-4 and 6-4 and qualified for the second round of the contest.

The meeting, which lasted an hour and 41 minutes, He was marked by a large amount of rain that fell on the city of Buenos Aires. For that reason, the game was delayed almost six hours and the tennis players resumed to close a day that only had three games.

And just one of those meetings had his younger brother, Juan Manuel Cerúndo, as the protagonist. The 23-year-old left-handed defeated Román Burruchaga in a great game 7-6, 5-7 and 7-5 after three and a half hours of action.

In a way, Juan Manuel and Francisco will collide in the second phase of Argentina Open 2025. This will be the first game between the two at ATP level, but the second at a professional level. The only data of the Challenger of Campinas in 2021, where Fran won 6-1 and 7-5 in the quarterfinals.