Regatas Resistencia Open: Tournament Preview

The Tour de las Americas continues this week in Argentina with the Regatas Resistencia Open, which will feature both a men’s and women’s Challenger 10 level competition.

The tournament will be held for the 11th time, and there have been some big names to have won the title. World No.1s Diego Elias and Mostafa Asal have both claimed the top prize in Resistencia, along with Mexican No.1 Leonel Cardenas and Colombia’s Ronald Palomino, who won this event last year.

Home favourite Leandro Romiglio will be aiming to add his name to that list this week. The Argentine No.1 will be the tournament’s top seed, with American Spencer Lovejoy, Germany’s Yannik Omlor and England’s Tom Walsh among the top four seeds.

Switzerland’s Yannick Wilhelmi and France’s Toufik Mekhalfi, the pair that played in the final of the Villa la Angostura Patagonia Open final on Sunday, will also be aiming to keep their good form going. The Swiss No.3 will be joined in the top eight seeds by Edwin Clain, Andres Herrera and the second Argentinian, Jeremias Azana.

For the first time, the Regatas Resistencia Open will also play host to a women’s draw. Dutchwoman Tessa ter Sluis will be the top seed, with Colombia’s Laura Tovar also among the favourites in her home continent.

Ukrainian Alina Bushma, Egypt’s Sohaila Ismail, England’s Polly Clark, Hungarian No.1 Kincso Szasz, Japan’s Erisa Sano Herring and a second Dutchwoman, in Sanne Veldkamp, will make up the rest of the top eight seeds in the tournament.

There will be six Argentinians in action in the women’s draw, with Pliar Etchechoury and Paula Rivero as the highest ranked of those. Paraguay’s Nicole Krauch Bareiro and Argentine Valentin Torres Rolfi won the Liga del Norte Junior to pre-qualify for the tournament as well.

The event takes place from Tuesday, May 9 to Saturday, May 13 at the Club Regatas Resistencia in the Argentinian city of Resistencia. Follow the PSA Challenger Tour on Twitter and Facebook for daily updates from the event.

Men’s First Round Draw: Tour De Las Americas Regatas Resistencia Open
[1] Leandro Romiglio (ARG) – [Bye]
Francesco Marcantonio (PAR) v [9/16] Toufik Mekhalfi (FRA)
[9/16] Ondrej Vorlicek (CZE) v Ricardo Toscano (GUA)
[8] Jeremias Azana (ARG) – [Bye]
[6] Edwin Clain (FRA) – [Bye]
Valentin Torres Rolfi (ARG) v [9/16] Diego Gobbi (BRA)
[9/16] Alejandro Enriquez (GUA) v [WC] Matias Knudsen (COL)
[3] Yannik Omlor (GER) – [Bye]
[4] Tom Walsh (ENG) – [Bye]
Carlos Vargas (MEX) v [9/16] Maceo Levy (FRA)
[9/16] Joeri Hapers (BEL) v Nicolas Serna (COL)
[5] Yannick Wilhelmi (SUI) – [Bye]
[7] Andres Herrera (COL) – [Bye]
[WC] Segundo Portabales (ARG) v [9/16] Leo Vargas (MEX)
[9/16] Edgar Ramirez Bautista (COL) v Jorge Gomez (MEX)
[2] Spencer Lovejoy (USA) – [Bye]

Women’s First Round Draw: Latina Tour De Las Americas Regatas Resistencia Open
[1] Tessa ter Sluis (NED) – [Bye]
Fiorella Gatti (PAR) v [9/16] Mary Mijas (GUA)
[9/16] Maria Tovar (COL) v [WC] Milena Urbanija (ARG)
[7] Erisa Sano Herring (JPN) – [Bye]
[8] Sanne Veldkamp (NED) – [Bye]
Paula Rivero (ARG) v [9/16] Sarahi Lopez (MEX)
[9/16] Pilar Etchechoury (ARG) v [WC] Milagro Cima (ARG)
[3] Alina Bushma (UKR) – [Bye]
[4] Sohaila Ismail (EGY) – [Bye]
Victoria Lischuk v [9/16] Lucia Bautista (COL)
[9/16] Carys Jones (SCO) v [WC] Candela Bernard (ARG)
[5] Polly Clark (ENG) – [Bye]
[6] Kincso Szász (HUN) – [Bye]
[WC] Delfina Bravo (ARG) v [9/16] Ingy Hammouda (EGY)
[9/16] Ellie Jones (SCO) v Nicole Krauch Bareiro (PAR)
[2] Laura Tovar (COL) – [Bye]