Thomas Samson I Agence France Presse
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The Chilean tennis player Cristian Garin (21 ° of the ATP) met his rival on this day for the premiere at the ATP 500 tournament in Vienna, in Austria, a contest that will be played on an indoor folder.
A tough debut will have the first national racket, as he will face the Swiss Stanislas “Stan” Wawrinka (18th), former 3 in the world ranking and winner of three Grand Slam.
Both players have seen each other on one occasion on the circuit, in the round of 64 at Roland Garros 2019, with a comfortable victory for the European 6-1, 6-4 and 6-0.
The winner of this duel will face in the second round with the winner of the match between local credit Dominic Thiem (3rd), Nicolás Massú’s ward, and Japanese Kei Nishikori (36th).
This is the penultimate tournament of the year for Garín. After Vienna, he will go to France to close 2020 with the 1,000 Masters in Paris, to be held from November 2.