Buenos Aires - Entry List: Thiem is the only top ten player committed
Just one top ten player will compete at the Argentina Open in Buenos Aires from 11 to 17 February 2019: Dominic Thiem. The Austrian player won 2016 and 2018 titles respectively defeating Nicolas Almagro and Aljaz Bedene in the finals. In 2016 the Austrian defeated Rafael Nadal in an epic semifinal match where the Spaniard also had match points. If in the previous years the organizers had managed to bring another world star - in 2018 Marin Cilic, in 2017 Kei Nishikori - this time they did not succeed although they negotiated with Alexander Zverev, Cilic himself and David Goffin who all committed to Rotterdam. David Ferrer will play, the Spaniard is having his last season as a professional and he will seek his fourth title there after triumphing thrice in a row: 2012, 2013 and 2014. Ferrer will play in Acapulco too.
Two Italians are committed, Fabio Fognini, who always lost in the opening round in the last years, and the 2018 French Open semifinalist Marco Cecchinato. Pablo Carreno Busta, Nicolas Jarry and Joao Sousa will all play. Rio Open entry list gets released in less than a week and the entry list will be similar.
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