With Cerúndolo and Etcheverry as pre-classified, the Indian Wells Masters 1000 draw was drawn

ByDavid Mitchell
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After decorating the traditional South American tour on clay, the Argentine tennis players They will change surfaces to compete for the first Masters 1000 of the season on the hard slopes of Indian Wellswhere Francisco Cerúndolo (20°) and Tomas Etcheverry (31st) will start as seeded.

Recently proclaimed in Buenos Aires, eighth-finalist in Rio de Janeiro and semi-finalist in Santiago, the 27-year-old from Buenos Aires, owner of four titles at the highest level, will skip the premiere due to his seeded status to face in the second round the winner of the duel between the French Valentin Royer (60°) and a qualyin search of at least equaling his last performance in the Californian desert, in 2025, when he failed in the quarterfinals against the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz (1st).

For his part, the powerful player from La Plata, 26 and established on Brazilian soil to debut his ATP record, will also have the pleasure of avoiding the initial commitment to clash against the winner of the fight between the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (43rd) and the Canadian Denis Shapovalov (39th), in pursuit of shaking his fist for the first time in the Coachella Valley, after his early farewells in 2023 and 2025 in the hands of the British Andy Murray and the Czech Jakub Mensik (12th), respectively.

The other Albiceleste ambassadors who will try to grow in silence will be Sebastian Baez (53°), Camilo Ugo Carabelli (67°), Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (70°), Mariano Navone (79°) and Francisco Comesaña (82°), which they must face against a player from the preliminary phasethe local guest Martin Damm (129°), the Dutch Botic Van by Zandschulp (59th), the host Marcos Giron (69°) and the owner of the house Sebastian Korda (37°), correlatively.

The debut of the Argentines at the Indian Wells Masters 1000

  • Francisco Cerúndolo: bye

  • Tomás Etcheverry: bye

  • Sebastián Báez vs. qualy

  • Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs. Martin Damm

  • Juan Manuel Cerúndolo vs. Botic Van by Zandschulp

  • Mariano Navone vs. Marcos Giron

  • Francisco Comesaña vs. Sebastian Korda

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David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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