The youngest of the brothers closing it was left with the victory, due to the retirement of Andújar, who withdrew from the game as a result of an injury to his right shoulder.
In what was definitely the only complete set of the match, Cerúndolo, winner of the tournament in 2021, showed an irregular gait, losing his serve in the third game, with faults on his serve (three double faults).
Then the one born in Buenos Aires He recovered in the sixth game to equalize the score at 3-3, basing his game on solidity from the bottom of the court, and trying on several occasions “drop shots” that the veteran Iberian tennis player, 37 years old, demanded.
And although he quickly gave up his serve again in the following game, the Argentine stringed together three games in a row to win that first set 6-4, while Andújar began to feel the physical decline, afflicted by the shoulder injury.
The Spaniard made the attempt at the start of the second set, but after losing the first game and without outlining recovery from his ailment, he decided to leave the tournament and give Cerúndolo the chance to get into the next instance.
More Argentine premieres
Today three Argentines will take the stage. Rosario will open the action on the central court Federico Coria (67) against the Brazilian Thiago Monteiro (78), then the Spanish Pedro Martínez (72) will face the Chilean Cristian Garín (103).
While on court 1, the Colombian Daniel Galán (83) will face the Chilean Tomás Barrios Vera (212), in the evening.
In the last turns of the central court, the azuleño Frederick Delbonis (131), who came from the qualy, will face the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo (146), and the day will close with Guido Pella (1018), invited, against the Italian Andrea Vavassori (221), who also entered the main draw from qualifying over the weekend.
schwarztmannthe first seed, affirmed that this week he will seek to meet again with “the good feelings on the field.”
The ‘Little’ is in the 28th. place in the ATP ranking and is not going through its best stage in recent years. For this reason, in an attempt to resume the good path, he warned at a press conference that in the Cordovan open he will seek to string together “a string” of victories as he had in the tournament in past editions, reaching a final and another semifinal.
“I want to regain confidence, I have to go little by little to feel better and better. The tennis sensations are good, beyond the physical, hopefully I can take it to the court, ”she added.
“You have to put things in proportion, last year I lost the finals of the Argentina Open and the Rio Open against Casper Rudd and Carlos Alcaraz, which later were number two and one in the ranking, respectively. So I think it was a great start. I sign to have those results this year”, stressed the best Argentine on the circuit.
Source: Ambito
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