Federico Coriaranked 67th in the ATP world ranking and who has just won the Milan Challenger, was eliminated on the Wimbledon lawn against the Czech Jiri Vesely (68) by 6-2, 6-3 and 7-6 (3)after 1 hour and 50 minutes of play.
Previously, the platense Tomas Martin Etcheverry (77) fell in a marathon match against the French Ugo Humbert (112) by 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6 and 4-6after 3 hours and 32 minutes of play.
Etcheverry put up a fight in his debut at the historic British tournament, but Humbert he let go in the fourth set and displayed superior tennis.
The rain stopped the action on court 6 when exactly half an hour had passed and the 22-year-old from La Plata was losing 4-3 in the first set.
Later, the blue Frederic Delbonis (84) was eliminated in the opening round of the Wimbledon Open, after being defeated by the Dutchman Tim Van Rijthoven (104) 7-6 (7), 6-1 and 6-2after 1 hour and 44 minutes of confrontation
Delbonis he was only opponent of the Dutch Rijthoven in the first set, which was defined in a tie break, to later cede absolute dominance to the European, who easily stayed with the second and third set.
In this way, Delbonis He said goodbye to the pitch of the All England with his seventh consecutive elimination in the opening round of Wimbledon, in London.
For his part, the other Argentine who had to play, the Buenos Aires Sebastian Baez (35) before the Japanese Taro Daniel (118), will only appear this Tuesday because the match was postponed due to rain.
Meanwhile, the current three-time Wimbledon champion, the Serbian Novak Djokovic (3), spent 2 hours, 27 minutes today and gave up a set against the Korean Soonwoo Kwon, whom he defeated 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 and 6-4 in his debut match in this 2022 edition of the tournament, held on the center court of the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club in London.
The Serbian, top favorite in the absence of the first two players in the world ranking, the Russian Daniil Medvedev and the German Alexander Zverev, eliminated with greater difficulty than expected a rival placed in 80th place, with no outstanding record in Grand Slam tournaments .
With this result, Djokovic totaled 80 wins in the British Open played on grass and 22 consecutively, a streak that allowed him to lift the trophy in 2018, 2019 and 2021, as he had previously done in 2011, 2014 and 2015.
“We are going to try to reach 100 wins,” he promised sympathetically before the audience at the Cathedral of Tennis, where he has not lost since 2017 when he retired against the Czech Tomas Berdych in a quarterfinal match.
Tomorrow, in addition to Báez in his match postponed today against the Japanese Daniel, three other Argentines will appear: Francisco Cerúndolo (41) will face a very difficult match against the Spanish Rafael Nadal (4), Diego Schwarztman (15) will face the American Stefan Kozlov (107) and Facundo Bagnis (102) will face the Austrian Dennis Novak (153).
The traditional Wimbledon tournament, the third Grand Slam of the tennis season, began today with interest focused on the eventual Novak Djokovic-Rafael Nadal duel and the return of the American Serena Williams, although also immersed in the debate over the ban on participate Russian and Belarusian players.
The British open on grass was installed in the media discussion two months ago when its authorities, pressured by the Government of Boris Johnson, imposed that sanction as an effect of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The measure, questioned by most of the players, represents a huge loss in sports, to the point that it will prevent the presence of the number 1 in the men’s ranking, Daniil Medvedev.
Nor will they be able to play, among others, Andrey Rublev, eighth of that ranking, nor the sixth player in the WTA classification, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, semifinalist last year.
In protest at the decision, the Association of Professional Tennis Players (ATP) announced that this edition of Wimbledon will not deliver points for the ranking, which is especially detrimental to the Serbian, who, unable to defend the 2,000 added in 2021, will fall from third to seventh Market Stall.
In case he manages to repeat at Wimbledon, “Nole” will cut the distance to a tournament to match the historical record of “majors”, which Nadal owns with 22 titles after being crowned this season in Australia and Roland Garros.
The Serbian and the Spanish, the two top favorites, will only be able to meet in the final, something that never happened on the London lawn despite the prolific record of 59 clashes. On that surface, they are even with two wins each.
Wimbledon is the only elusive Grand Slam for Argentine tennis. The best performances were carried out by Gabriela Sabatini and David Nalbandian, finalists in 1991 and 2002 respectively.
The women’s draw of the 2022 edition will have as a great attraction the return of the American Serena Williams, 40, former number one in the world, who left the circuit almost a year ago due to injury.
Serena won 23 major titles, 7 of them in the All England, and this was invited because she did not have the necessary ranking to qualify, since she is ranked 1,204 in the WTA.
The American, scheduled for Tuesday against the French Harmony Tan, returned to play last Tuesday in the doubles of the 250 Eastbourne tournament together with the Tunisian Ons Jabeur.
Source: Ambito
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