Argentine tennis players Francisco Cerúndolo, Tomás Etcheverry and Mariano Navone lost to the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the American Ben Shelton and the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic, respectively, and were eliminated from the ATP 500 in Basel and Vienna.
The first to take the court was Navone, the only Argentine in Vienna, who could not put up any resistance against Kecmanovic and fell comfortably 6-2, 6-4.
In any case, he is closing a season in which he made great progress and will start 2025 with very good expectations.
Then it was Etcheverry’s turn, who couldn’t make it much difficult for the young Shelton, who used the power of his blows to win 6-3, 6-4.
Etcheverry, 25, has not yet been able to exploit the potential of his tennis that he demonstrated last year at Roland Garros, where he reached the quarterfinals.
Despite being very solid from the back of the court, he always leaves the feeling that he lacks the final blow to take the step forward against rivals of this caliber.
The other Argentine who played this Tuesday in Basel, the land of Roger Federer, is Cerúndolo, who could not take advantage of his opportunities and lost 6-3, 6-7 (3) and 7-6 (4) against the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, who despite not being in his best moment (he is not even in the top 10), knew how to reach Grand Slam finals and was number 3 in the world.
“Fran” came back from an adverse set and dominated in the third. He reached 6-5 for the match and in the tie break he was 4-2, although he made several unforced errors and lost 7-4.
Wednesday will be the debut in the Swiss capital for Sebastián Báez, who will face the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Source: Ambito
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