Marco Cecchinato and Franco Agamenone will take on each other on Friday July 29 in the quarterfinal round of the 2022 Croatia open.
Marco Cecchinato was formerly rated 16th in the world, but Cecchinato’s difficulties have been so severe that he now ranks outside the top 150 on the ATP Rankings lists. He possibly qualified for this event because his opponent in the second round withdrew from the tournament. Cecchinato’s opening match against the 537th-ranked Mili Polijicak provided another look into his form issue, as he was stretched to almost two hours and three sets to win. Nobody gave Cecchinato much chance against Lorenzo Musetti, with bookies pegged at 11/4 to win. Cecchinato and Agamenone haven’t faced off in a competitive match before this.
Franco Agamenone has never competed in the main draw of an ATP competition before this season, only appearing on an irregular basis in the Futures and Challenger circuits. He made his main draw debut at the French Open this year, aged 29, after qualifying as a fortunate loser but losing his opener. He had no idea that not long after that, Agamenone would be not only qualifying for his second career event, but also winning matches. Agamenone was 7/2 to beat Laslo Djere in his first match, which he won in three hard-fought sets, but that was followed by an even tougher match against Sebastian Baez, who started as a 3/20 favourite to terminate Agamenone’s magical run.
Marco Cecchinato and Franco Agamenone will take on each other on Friday July 29 in the quarterfinal round of the 2022 Croatia open. The competition is scheduled to commence on July 25 and conclude on July 31 this year.
Player | Seed |
Carlos Alcaraz | 1 |
Jannick Sinner | 2 |
Holger Rune | 3 |
Sebastian Baez | 4 |
Alex Molcan | 5 |
Daniel Altmaier | 6 |
Fabio Fognini | 7 |
Lorenzo Musetti | 8 |
The Croatia Open 2022 will have five rounds of play, not including the qualifiers. There are the first round, round of 16, quarter-final, semi-final, and final. Here is the schedule for each stage of the ATP 250 competition.
Competition stage | Dates |
First round | July 25 and 26 |
Round of 16 | July 27 and 28 |
Quarter-final | July 29 |
Semi-final | July 30 |
Final | July 31 |
Here is a list of broadcasters covering the 2022 Croatia Open