Last Updated on April 7, 2022 6:28 pm by Erwin Noguera
The Grand Prix Hassan II is the only ATP event in Africa, with the current calendar, since 1984; although it was based in Casablanca from the beginning until 2015, and from 2016 it moved to Marrakech. Logically, due to the conditions and the track, it has historically been a very fertile land for Hispanic tennis players.
Grand Prix Hassan II 2022: Main Contenders
Clay courts are equivalent to good news for Argentine Federico Coria. And it is that, at this beginning of spring and on a brick court, the Argentine managed to advance to the quarterfinals of the Grand Prix Hassan II 2022. It is an excellent result for him, since he is much closer to achieving a feat.
Federico Coria got an excellent victory in the second round against the Bosnian Mirza Basic with a score of 6-4, 6-2. This match lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes. Thanks to this, the Argentine manages to enter the round where the top 8 of an ATP Tour tournament. Most notably, for the third time since the beginning of 2022.
In South America, Coria managed to enter the quarterfinals in Buenos Aires, where he was defeated by the excellent Norwegian tennis player Casper Ruud. Then at the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro, he was also defeated, but this time by Fabio Fognini. Now, in Marrakech, he is looking to obtain the best result of his career by facing the Frenchman Gasquet.
On the other hand, the Spaniard Roberto Carballés Baena also achieved an excellent qualification for the quarterfinals of this Grand Prix Hassan II, unlike Pablo Andujar who, surprisingly, did not qualify for these instances. The Spaniard Carballés, who is #79 in the ATP Ranking, had not reached a decisive stage in an ATP Tour tournament since last summer in Bastad, where he fell in the semifinals against the Norwegian Ruud.
Final Notes
Another tennis player who has the greatest projection to win this tournament at the moment is the Italian Lorenzo Musetti, who has managed to play a phenomenal tournament and beat the Spanish Ramos-Vinolas in the first round with a score of 7 -6 and 6-1, then in the round of 16, he beat fellow Spaniard Carlos Tabermer, with a score of 6-1, 6-7 and 6-3. Now, he will have to face the complicated Serbian Laslo Djere in the quarterfinals.
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