While el peque beat qualifier Lukas Klein in straight sets, Cerúndolo hit the ball against Benoit Paire and reached the quarterfinals. The seeded Pablo Andújar and Jaume Munar also joined them in the quarterfinals, which will be played tomorrow.
Today, the great local favorite Diego Schwartzman, world number 9, defeated Lukas Klein 6-4 6-2 without problems to reach the quarterfinals.
The also Argentine, Francisco Cerúndolo, exponent of the new generation, surprised Benoit Paire, 29th on the international list and third seed, after beating him 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 to advance for the first time in his career in an ATP contest.
In addition, the best eight were joined by two other competitors: the Spanish, Pablo Andújar, sixth-seeded, who defeated the Italian Gianluca Mager 6-4 and 7-6 (5) and, Jaume Munar, who beat Frances Tiafoe, eighth-seeded, 7-6 (4) and 6-4.
This Friday, from 1:00 p.m., the singles contests will be: Schwartzman vs Munar, Kecmanovic vs Djere, Andújar vs Cerúndolo and Ramos Viñolas vs Nagal.