08/12/2008
David wants his Third Argentine Cup
David is playing this weekend his first competition after the final of the Davis cup. He is playing the Argentine Cup, an unofficial tournament played on carpet in the Lawn Tennis Club in Buenos Aires since Thursday. They will draw lots for the draw tomorrow; the best players of the country will be there. Besides David (11th of the world), Gastón Gaudio and the Spaniard Feliciano López, Juan Mónaco (46), José Acasuso (48), Agustín Calleri (49), Guillermo Cañas (77) and Juan Ignacio Chela (145) are playing. The tournament is to be played by eight participants; there will be two matches a day (Thursday 11th and Friday 12th), semifinals (Saturday 13th) and final (Sunday 14th). The man from Unquillo has won this tournament twice, in 2005 and 2007.