Etcheverry, ranked 49th in the ATP world ranking, defeated De Miñaur (19) with sheer power on court number 14 of the complex located in the Bois de Boulogne neighborhood of Paris.
The 23-year-old Argentine will play his next match in the third round against the Croatian Borna Coric (16), who eliminated the Cordoba Pedro Cachin (64) after defeating him in a tough match 6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3 and 6-4 after a battle on court number 6 that lasted 4 hours and 24 minutes.
The only precedent between Etcheverry and Coric was last year at the Italian Challenger in Perugia with the Argentine’s victory in the quarterfinals 6-4, 6-3.
Etcheverry, who is going through the best year of his career after being a finalist in two ATP tournaments, in Santiago, Chile, and Houston, in the United States, improved his best performance in a Grand Slam that had been the second round of the Australian Open. last February.
The man from La Plata had made his debut at Roland Garros with a victory over the British Jack Draper (55) and with his success against De Minaur he became the second Argentine in the third round, after Diego Schwartzman (95) achieved it yesterday.
Later, Genaro Alberto Olivieri (231), coming from the previous qualification of the contest, produced another outstanding performance and advanced to the third round after beating Italian Andrea Vavassori (148) by 7-6 (7), 3-6, 6-4 and 7-6 (3)after 3 hours and 17 minutes of play.
Olivieri, a native of the Buenos Aires city of Bragado, had already surprised in the initial round by beating the French youth Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (237) 7-6 (4), 4-6, 4-6, 7-5 and 6- 1, in his absolute debut not only at Roland Garros, but in a Grand Slam.
Today he returned to perform a solid and effective performance to get rid of the Italian Vavassori, a rival with not such a good present, but better ranked than the Argentine; now, for the third round, Olivieri will face the Danish Holger Rune (6), only 20 years old and one of the promises of tennis, who advanced without playing before the Frenchman Gael Monfils (394) did not appear due to injury.
While Francisco Cerundolo (23), number 1 of Argentina, defeated the German Yannick Hanfmann (65) by 6-3, 6-3 and 6-4after 2 hours and 36 minutes of the game.
The player from Buenos Aires was once again very confident and precise, to fire a tough rival who offered him resistance, but was overwhelmed by the power and implacable right hand of “Fran” Cerúndolo.
The Argentine will face the next instance of Roland Garros against the strong American server Taylor Fritz (8), who at the end of the Paris day won against the French Arthur Rinderknech (78) by 2-6, 6-4, 6- 3 and 6-4.
For his part, the Bahian Guido Pella said goodbye in the second round of Paris, after falling with the Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 and 6-3 in 2 hours and 55 minutes of play on court number 9 of the complex in Bois de Bologne.
Pella, 33 years old, 2016 Davis Cup champion, currently ranked 423 in the world ranking, closed participation in his eighth tournament of the year without the possibility of overcoming the second phase as in the previous ones.
The Brazilian (172), winner of two challengers this year in Viña del Mar and Buenos Aires, had just eliminated the world number 2, the Russian Daniil Medvedev.
In turn, the La Plata Thiago Tirante (153), after his meritorious victory over the Dutchman Botic Van De Zandschulp -25th. preclassified-, he also ended his first edition of Roland Garros, falling with the Chinese Zhizhen Zhang in three sets: 7-6 (3), 6-3 and 6-4.
Meanwhile, in another result of the second round, the Norwegian Casper Ruud (4), finalist last year (lost in straight sets with Rafael Nadal, absent in 2023 due to injury) beat the Italian Giulio Zeppieri (129) by 6 -3, 6-2, 4-6 and 7-5.
In the ladies’ draw, the American Kayla Day (138) beat her compatriot Madison Keys (20) 6-2, 4-6 and 6-4; the Kazakh Elena Rybakina (4) to the Czech Linda Noskova (50) by 6-3 and 6-3; the Slovakian Anna Schmiedlova (100) to the Spanish Aliona Bolsova (131) by 6-3 and 6-4; the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia (14) to the Russian Diana Shnaider (108) by 6-2, 5-7 and 6-4.
The Spanish Sara Sorribes (132) to the Croatian Petra Martic (38) by 6-4 and 6-1; the Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto (44) to the Swiss Simona Waltert (128) by 6-3 and 6-3, and the Russian youth of barely 16 years Mirra Andreeva (143) to the French Diane Parry (79) by 6-1 and 6-2.
Source: Ambito
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