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Edgardo Massa
Edgardo Massa (born 22 March 1981 in Formosa, Argentina) is a former tennis player from Argentina, who turned professional in 1998. Massa plays right-handed, and uses a single-handed backhand.
Career.
Massa who is known by the nickname "Yayo", started playing tennis at the age of 5. He was part of the same generation that produced David Nalbandian and Guillermo Coria. Together with Nalbandian and Coria, Massa represented Argentina in the Junior Davis Cup in 1996 and 1997
, this time in Hong Kong, defeating German Rainer Schüttler in the final. Ríos decided to return in October to play a Challenger tournament in Santiago and defeated Argentine Edgardo Massa in the final, in an effort to end his curse of not winning an ATP tournament at his home country. He also reached a doubles final in Scottsdale. Ríos ended the year as No. 39 in the world.
In early 2002 Ríos had some good results, but a back injury prevented him from continuing the season successfully. It was