Since Sunday, March 20, the 2022 Open Medellín will be held on the courts of the El Rodeo Club. Yesterday, Nicolás Mejia, was defeated by American Blaise Bicknell, in a match that lasted two hours and 51 minutes, which was suspended for more than an hour due to rain. The match ended in 3 sets 6-4, 4-6 and 7-6 in favor of the North American.
Mejía is still in the tournament in the doubles mode. Today, starting at 12 noon, together with the British Blu Barker, they will face the duo composed of Ukrainian Oleg Prihodko and Kazakh Grigoriy Lomakin, for the round of 16 of the competition, on court 2 of the club located in the capital of Antioquia.
In Bolivia, Cristian Rodríguez and Nicolás Barrientos, despite not winning their respective matches in singles, did manage to advance in the doubles mode of the Challenger held in Santa Cruz del Sierra. Rodriguez, who plays a duo with Ecuadorian Diego Hidalgo, will play today for the quarterfinals against Venezuelan Luis David Martínez and Brazilian Felipe Meligeni Alves starting at 5:20 in the afternoon, Colombia time. P on the part of Barrientos will also seek to qualify for the semifinal, in the company of Mexican Miguel Ángel Reyes. They will face the Bolivian duo composed of Juan Carlos Prado and Murkel Dellien. Game starting at 7:20 in the evening.
On the other hand, Daniel Galán advanced in the main draw of the Masters 1000 in Miami. He played on Wednesday against Australian John Millman, 73 in the world rankings, and won 1 hour and 23 minutes after 2 sets, 6-4 and 6-2. In the second round he will face Aleksandr Búblik of Kazakhstan, on Friday in a match that has not yet set time.
In this same tournament, the couple of Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah face off today, against the Russian pair of Andrey Rublev and Karen Jachanov. Commitment scheduled for 1:45pm Colombia time.
In the women's branch today there will be a duel of Colombians at the Open Medellin, the Antioquia Yuliana Monroy, together with Argentina's Berta Bonardi, the doubles duel against the national duo composed of María Fernanda Herazo and María Paulina Pérez.
In addition, last Tuesday the groups of the American Zone of the Billie Jean King Cup were drawn. Colombia will have to face Brazil, Argentina and Guatemala, looking for a spot in the Group 1 semifinal.
The matches will be played in Salinas, Ecuador, between April 13 and 16. The Colombian team, captained by tennis player Fabiola Zuluaga, will have to be first in the group if they want to advance to the semifinal and thus look for a place in the world playoff. If they finish last, they will play a repechage to avoid relegation to group 2.
In addition, the start in the coming weeks of the Colsanitas Cup, the WTA 250 tournament, which will be played at the Bogotá Country Club from April 2 to 10, is expected. Among the tennis players who have already confirmed their presence is the country's number 1 racket and current champion María Camila Osorio. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova from Slovakia, number 89 in the world, and winner of the contest in 2018 will also be in competition.
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