In this context, the bad day for the albiceleste team began with the defeat of Sebastian Baez37 in the ATP world ranking, against the Swedish Elías Ymer (119) by 6-4, 3-6 and 7-6 (4), after 2 hours and a half, and worsened with the subsequent fall of Diego Schwartzmann in the Unipol Arena stadium, in the city of Bologna, with capacity for 20 thousand people but that looked half empty.
“Little” Schwartzman (17) was far from his best version and was surpassed by the youngest of the Ymer brothers, Mikael (98), who beat him 6-2, 6-2 after 1 hour and 36 minutes of play. .
The series between Argentines and Swedes continued with the doubles point for which the captain of the albicelestes Guillermo Coria announced to the specialists Horace Zeballos11th in the world in the duo ranking, and Maximo Gonzalez (51), who recovered from an adverse start and were able to beat the Nordic team 2-1, made up of André Goransson (77 in the specialty) along with Elias Ymer.
The first set went to the Scandinavians, but Argentina, made up of two doubles specialists, was able to reverse it and won 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, after 1 hour and 44 minutes, to maintain a slight hope in the Serie.
It is known that Davis often brings surprises and this occurred first in Báez’s match, who played too nervous and stressed, that made him miss more than necessary and he paid for it with defeat, the eighth consecutive since losing the final of Bastad, in Sweden, with his compatriot Francisco Cerúndolo.
The Argentine, champion this year at the Portuguese ATP in Estoril, started the match uncomfortable, on a surface that did not favor his most suitable game for clay, and that was used by the Swede to achieve a break that allowed him to go ahead 2 -1 and keep the advantage until the final 6-3 in 46 minutes.
In the second set, the 21-year-old Argentine reacted when he sought and found more variants, thus putting Ymer on the defensive and managing to overwhelm him despite the fact that at times he wanted to close the points quickly and abused drop shots.
The first explosion of the Argentines in the stadium occurred when Báez played a short return that allowed him to break Ymer for the first time to go ahead 3-1 and that gave him the confidence he needed, thus taking the set by 6- 4 and left things as they were at the beginning.
In the third and final set, the two began nervously and there were several breaks, although it was the European who took the lead 3-1 against a too erratic Báez.
Báez saved two match points with the Swede on serve and then two more with his own, until he forced the tie break but there he was clearly surpassed by Ymer, who took the first point of the series for his country.
“Peque” immediately went into action with the mission of leveling the series, but he was very far from achieving it and never gave the feeling of being able to bother the Swede, an enthusiastic Challengers tournament player.
Mikael Ymer, supported by a very precise forehand, went ahead 4-2 with a break that filled the series with shadows, and then attacked the Argentine on his backhand and took the opening set 6-2 with overwhelming dominance at times.
The closing of the first quarter came with a parallel forehand from the Swede that perplexed Schwartzman and was applauded even by that handful of Argentine fans who came to encourage the team.
In the second set, the No. 1 from Aegentina tried to neutralize the Swedish game, but he made too many mistakes with his forehand, he did not return well and he also played very short, which made it easier for his rival to hit.
The Swede always took the initiative and it was not surprising that he also took the second set 6-2 against a tennis player like Schwartzman who gave himself little by little and confirmed that playing the Davis Cup costs him a lot, in fact his record is negative with seven wins against eight losses.
Group A will continue on Wednesday with the match between the host Italy, with tennis players of the category of Jannik Sinner (11), Matteo Berrettini (15), Lorenzo Musetti (30), Fabio Fognini (55) and an important doubles player like Simone Bolelli (23 in the couples ranking), against Croatia.
The Balkans, without Marin Cilic (16), who dropped out at the last moment, will bet on Borna Coric (26), champion last month at the Cincinnati Masters 1000, plus an excellent pair of doubles like Mate Pavic (9) and Nikola Mektic (10), while that the formation is completed with Borna Gojo (164).
The outlook for Argentina is complicated, they will need a true miracle to qualify for the quarterfinals to be held in Malaga in November, since they will have to beat Italy on Friday and Croatia on Saturday, something highly unlikely.
Source: Ambito
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