The return of the global circuit to a historical place

Brick Dust Sporting Salta will welcome as of this weekend the first M25 Championship of the season in Salta and The first professional tennis event in twelve years in that province.

With a joint effort between the Salteña Tennis Federation and the Argentine Tennis Federation, the main singles draw will begin next Monday, October 31 with 32 players, of whom at least 14 are Argentines, who will be joined by those who advance from the classification. In addition to those who enter directly in the next few hours when the list is permanently closed. The tournament will distribute $25,000 in prize money and award points for the global ranking.

In 2010, Salta hosted the last ITF men’s circuit event. Argentine Joaquin Monteferario was crowned after defeating Italian Stefano Trafaglia in the final, who had left in the semi-finals on his way to Diego Schwartzman. In 2021, the Italian reached his best professional ranking, ranking 60th.

This time, the list of players is headed by Gennaro Oliveri, from Buenos Aires, who is ranked 265th in the world rankings and has two ITF titles (both won in 2019, in Naples and Buenos Aires), as well as good performances at the Challenger circuit this season, such as the semi-finals accessed in Tigre II.

The second candidate will be Chilean Gonzalo Lama (286th in the world), who this year won the M25 in Guayaquil, thus adding his 15th title as a professional. He also reached the semi-finals in two competitors in 2022.

The pool of top ten candidates was completed with Juan Pablo Paz (ranked 394), Gustavo Hyde (ranked 424), Juan Bautista Otegui (ranked 442), Matthias Descott (ranked 465), Leonardo Aboyan (ranked 487), Matthias Soto (ranked 543), Franco Emmanuel. Egea (ranked 607) and Thomas Furat (ranked 630).

The main draw classification will begin on Sunday, with Children’s Day taking place as well, with under 10 players and M25 professionals taking part in the match.

Salta will receive the fifth of seven tournaments this year to be played in Argentina on the ITF World Tennis Tour for men. The remaining two competitions will be held At the Mario Alberto Kempes Stadium in Cordoba and at the Logan Tennis Club.

In addition, there are still two more dates for the ITF Women’s Tournament (5 already played in the year): they will be at the Náutico de Mar del Plata and the Mayling Club de Campo. In total, 2022 will conclude with 14 dates for the ITF World Tennis Tour.