#argentina open 2025

[schumi-nadal]

João Fonseca | Argentina Open 2025 🇦🇷

MAIDEN ATP TITLE! 🎉🏆

[bluespring864]

Retirement will have to wait a little longer for Diego Schwartzman, who wins his first ATP match in well over a year at his last tournament, the 2025 Argentina Open 7-6 (12-10), 4-6, 6-3

"I didn't expect to win, being honest [...] I was just expecting, after the match, to cry a little bit and be ready for emotion, and not for the win!"

[nadiapodoroska]

VAMOS PEQUE!!!!!!! | x

[luzmyway]

I’m having a blast with so much Diego content.

No matter what happens today the fact that he won against all the odds will prevail and it’s the fairytale he deserved in his last tournament.

(Sorry Nico, I really like you, but Peque is Peque ☺️)

[brasiliangp]

JOAO FONSECA wins the 2025 ARGENTINA OPEN

[stateofsport211]

Buenos Aires (250) F: Joao Fonseca def. Francisco Cerundolo [5] 6-4, 7-6(1) Match Stats

📸 TC

Despite the nervy start and finish, J. Fonseca's aggression and point construction combination helped him control most parts of the flow. This became evident as he scored 26 shot winners than Fran's 10, in which 17 of them came from his forehand side. While this came with risks due to his 37 unforced errors (4 more than the fifth seed's 33), he still won more points from the baseline as he tried to leave Fran less to no room to move forward, helping him to generate 9 break points even though Fran had 75% break point conversion rate out of his 4 chances, half of which came from the end of the second set as J. Fonseca tried to deal with tightness to close things out.

Somehow, it appeared that both players had distinct service game strengths throughout this match. Winning more points from his serve, J. Fonseca landed 64% of his first serves, winning 73% first serve points than Fran's 53% to relieve some pressures ahead in this match, added by his 4 aces. However, the Brazilian only won 44% of his second serve points as tightness kicked in, 20% lower than Fran's 64% percentage to the point that this match could have ended either way.

Marking his maiden Tour-level title (barring the 2024 NextGen Finals), J. Fonseca became the first 2006-born player to win a Tour-level title, as well as the fourth-youngest player to win both a Challenger and Tour-level titles, as well as the lowest-ranked player (by entry) to win the championship. This propelled his rank to his career-high ranking of 68, and his journey will continue later on in his home event of Rio de Janeiro (500) thanks to a Special Exempt, where he will face Alexandre Muller in the first round to headline the local night session. This should deliver, and could be a vibrant welcome!

[probablyasocialecologist]

Pro-Palestine organizations have filed at least 50 criminal complaints in courts around the world targeting Israeli soldiers for their role in Tel Aviv's ethnic cleansing campaign in Gaza, according to reports in Hebrew media.  “About 50 complaints have been filed against reserve soldiers, 10 of which have been investigated without any arrests recorded so far,” Israeli Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) reported on 6 January. Hours after the news was broadcast, Israeli news outlet Yedioth Ahronoth revealed that the Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) filed a new complaint against an Israeli soldier vacationing in Thailand. “The Palestinian foundation was looking for legal representation to represent it in complaints of war crimes in Thailand's courts,” the Israeli daily reports. According to the Israeli Foreign Ministry, authorities are aware “of at least 12 cases” in which complaints have been filed against Israeli soldiers on leave after serving in Gaza. “Such complaints have been filed in Brazil, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Belgium, the Netherlands, Serbia, Ireland, and Cyprus,” Israeli media reported, with other statements adding South Africa, Morocco, and France to the list. “A joint task force of the Military Advocate General's Corps, the Foreign Ministry, the National Security Council, and the Shin Bet is now analyzing risks to soldiers in various countries and monitoring potential investigations,” Haaretz reported on Sunday, adding that Tel Aviv is “coordinating with local law firms to provide immediate legal aid if necessary.” Over the weekend, a federal court in Brazil ordered the police to open an immediate investigation into an Israeli soldier vacationing in the country. Soon after, Israeli officials helped the soldier flee to neighboring Argentina, where the far-right government has expressed complete support for the Israeli genocide.

6 Jan 2025

[birdstudies]

February 1, 2025 - Southern Martin (Progne elegans) Found in parts of Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Peru, and probably Uruguay, these martins inhabit open grasslands, shrublands, woodlands, and urban areas. Foraging alone or in small groups, they feed on insects, capturing them in flight. They build their nests from grass stems, twigs, and feathers in cavities in cliffs, trees, the walls and roofs of houses, or riverbanks. Females lay clutches of three to five eggs.

[schumi-nadal]

João Fonseca | Argentina Open 2025 🇦🇷

Into the final! 🤩🎉

[bluespring864]

Having watched the aces fly past him for the first two sets, Diego Schwartzman reacts to hitting his first and only ace in his opening round match at the 2025 Argentina Open (only 156 km/h, but perfectly placed!)

[nadiapodoroska]

DIEGO SCHWARTZMAN, playing his final tournament on the ATP Tour, defeats No. 7 seed NICOLÁS JARRY in the first round of the 2025 Argentina Open.

[luzmyway]

My dear Argentinians saving my dear golden swing from that man! Yes go away and never come back!!!

[specialagentartemis]

Tagged by @professionalowl and also @wizardysseus (almost a month ago but know I've been thinking about it!)

Books I want to read in 2025, one for each month:

The Odyssey translated by Emily Wilson. I’ve tried to read this twice before but fizzled out in the introduction. But this year I am more renewed with the desire to read it than ever!

Witch King by Martha Wells. I have it! I just… haven’t read it yet.

Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. Look at this fool who still hasn’t finished Nona lol.

City Spies by James Ponti. I even have a copy and I’ve heard rave reviews haha.

Magebike Courier: Flight of the Fallen by Hana Lee. I read the first book last month and liked it; the sequel comes out next June and I’m looking forward to it!

The Popol Vuh translated by Allen J. Christenson. He did a prose version and a poetry version. Reading the Iliad and the Epic of Gilgamesh gave me a hankering for more Great Classic Epics

The No-State Solution: A Jewish Manifesto by Daniel Boyarin. Boyarin is one of the most interesting and incisive nonzionist Jewish political philosophers I’ve read; I’ve read a few articles by him, and oh boy does he write like a philosopher, so I’ve been a little daunted to crack open this book even though it’s not actually long, but I really do want to read it because if anyone has unique and useful insights it’s him.

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer. It just came out and I haven’t had the chance to read it yet but I WANT TO

The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould. Time to admit I'm a POSER, I’ve read selections from it for class and they were brilliant and insightful but I've never sat down to read the whole thing through.

The City in Glass by Nghi Vo. I’ve heard weird things about it but I haven’t disliked a Nghi Vo book yet.

Mis 50 Años de Vida Asexual by Rafael Torres Sebagg. A short memoir of growing up asexual in Argentina in the 70s and 80s. I’m gonna finish my English translation of this this year, I’m GONNA

Time to Orbit: Unknown by Derin Edala. Got these for Christmas and I'M EXCITED

tagging @needlesandnilbogs, @clonerightsagenda, @consolecadet, @ilovedthestars and @grammarpedant - what books do you want to read in 2025?

[pinkcaraz]

j. fonseca argentina open 2025 champion (santa fe (prologue) from newsies)

[stateofsport211]

📸 TC

J. Fonseca had a fine start to the second set, but Fran also had some fair moments as he tried to capitalize on the former's tightness when trying to close this match out. To start, the unseeded Brazilian set up a cross-court forehand winner to generate his break point in the first game, but Fran's forehand winner set up the earlier deuce before his successful drop-shot generated his latest break point, holding his serves to 1-0 as a result. The Argentinean fifth seed then started the next game with a backhand pass, but J. Fonseca came up with a perfectly executed third-shot volley before finally holding his serves to 1-1, followed by Fran's hold to 15 to 2-1.

Afterward, even though a forehand error put Fran a point ahead, J. Fonseca produced another +1 volley winner to close the gap before holding to 2-2, followed by getting Fran's forehand side run over in the fifth game in the first two points (one of them thanks to J. Fonseca's backhand error). However, even if the fifth seed foiled the second lead through a working drop shot, his forehand errors (including a different third-shot error) caused J. Fonseca to break 3-2, where even if he was down 0-30 before he smashed it to close the gap to 30-30, he still massively holding his serves to 4-2 over Fran's forehand error even if the failed smash generated the latter's initial break point.

Another working volley from Fran then kept him in touch with a hold to 4-3, followed by J. Fonseca's wide-fired ace to 5-3. After the Argentinean fifth seed held with an ace to 5-4, the unseeded Brazilian earned his initial opportunity to serve for the title, but a terrible bounce from Fran's swift return as J. Fonseca still tried to overcome tightness (visible with some unforced errors) set up his break point before a cross-court backhand that went too wide converted it to 5-5. The Brazilian seemed to take it personally on return as he started the eleventh game with a forehand down-the-line winner that set up his break point after Fran's +1 forehand error, but the bounce worked in the former's favor by the end of that game to break back to 6-5.

By then, J. Fonseca got his second chance to serve for the match. He started it with a preceding forehand winner that got Fran run over once again, but the tightness kicked in again as his backhand error only converted Fran's break point to force the tie-breaker (6-6). The Brazilian then set up the tie-breaker by mini-breaking to 1-0 due to Fran's forehand error, followed by some consolidations, including the forehand winner to 3-0. He went on to dominate the entire tie-break, generating his match point through a different forehand winner before finally sealing the set to 7-6(1) through another forehand winner, securing his maiden Tour-level title as a result.

[rb19]

Argentina Open 2025 Photo by Marcelo Endell