Six Argentines will appear on the first day of the Australian Open

The man from Bahia, currently unranked, played again last November at the Montevideo Challenger after a year of his previous meeting that he lost to the Spanish Pedro Martinez at the ATP 250 in Moscow.

Lump32, will assume his eighth participation in Australia with the illusion of at least reaching the third round, which was his best performance in 2020. In five of the seven remaining performances he fell at the premiere.

Francisco Cerúndolo, who he beat in Buenos Aires 2019will have his absolute debut in the Australian major, where he will seek his first Grand Slam tournament victory.

At the same time, the platense Tomás Etcheverry (80º) will make his presentation in front of the French Gregoire Barrere (88th) and later, already at dawn on Monday, not before 1:30, they will go out to the field Sebastián Báez and Federico Coria.

Báez (41st) will do so against the local Jason Kubler (86th), who is invited by the organization, and the man from Santa Fe (76th) will face the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics (73rd).

The last to show up, around 3:30, will be Rosario Nadia Podoroska, paired with French Leolia Jeanjean.

For the second day will be the debut of diego schwartzman, 23rd. preclassified, who comes from leaving the Auckland ATP due to injury, and the other two Argentines: Pedro Cachín (59º) and Facundo Bagnis (90º).

Main matches of the first day in Melbourne

Rod Laver Arena

• Not before 00:30: Rafael Nadal (Spain)-Jack Draper (United Kingdom).
• At 5:00: Iga Swiatek (Poland)-Julie Niemeier (Germany).
• Not before 7:00: Marcos Girón (United States)-Daniil Medvedev (Russia).

Margaret Court Arena

• At 9:00 p.m.: Jessica Pegula (United States)-Jacqueline Cristian (Romania).
• Not before 23:00: Hubert Hurkacz (Poland)-Pedro Martínez (Spain).
• Not before 5:00: Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)-Quentin Halys (France).
• Not before 7:30: Madison Keys (United States)-Anna Blinkova (Russia).

John Caine Arena

• At 21:00: Kyle Edmund (United Kingdom)-Jannick Sinner (Italy).
• Not before 1:30: Sebastián Báez (Argentina)-Jason Kubler (Australia).
• Not before 4:00: Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada)-Vasek Pospisil (Canada).

Kia Arena

• Not before 1:00: Cameron Norrie (United Kingdom)-Luca Van Assche (France).

Court 5

• At 9:00 p.m.: Tomás Etcheverry (Argentina)-Gregoire Barrere (France).

court 7

• Not before 3:30: Nadia Podoroska (Argentina)-Leolia Jeanjean (France).

court 15

• At 9:00 p.m.: Francisco Cerúndolo (Argentina)-Guido Pella (Argentina).

court 17

• Not before 1:30: Federico Coria (Argentina)-Marton Fucsovics (Hungary).

Source: Ambito