Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (No. 102 in ATP world ranking) made his debut with a victory against Andrea Collarini (No. 217) in his presentation at the Buenos Aires Challenger, which is taking place at the Racket Club.
In this duel between compatriots, the youngest of the Cerúndolo brothers triumphed 6-3 and 6-3 and advanced to the second round of the event, where he will face Guido Andreozzi or Andrea Pellegrino.
However, this victory had an extra reward for the Argentine. Thanks to the win, he earned the necessary points to return to the Top 100, at least virtually. He currently has 606 points and climbed to the 99th position. To fully confirm this position, he will have to win some more rounds or hope that players below him like Facundo Díaz Acosta, Tomás Barrios Vera, Flavio Cobolli, Thiago Tirante, Maxime Cressy, Alex Michelsen, or Diego Schwartzman do not earn more points than him.
Juan Manuel Cerúndolo was in the Top 100 for 22 weeks, and his best position was number 79 at the beginning of 2022. So far this season, the Buenos Aires native has already been the champion of the Tigre 1 and Tigre 2 Challengers.