Tomás Etcheverry from La Plata defeated Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka in straight sets and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Roland Garros Open, in a day in which Francisco Cerúndolo from Buenos Aires fell in five sets, by tie break, against the Dane Holger Rune, and He was eliminated, despite which he closed his best performance in a Grand Slam.
etcheverry, The 23-year-old and world number 46 continued her great moment and defeated Japan’s world number 33 Suzanne Lenglen in straight sets 7-6 (10), 6-0, 6-1.
With this result, etcheverry He remains the only Argentine standing in the tournament that takes place in France, where he did not lose a single set.
After a very close first set in which the 1.96-meter-tall Argentinian opposed the power of his serve and his shots, in addition to his courage, against a very fast-footed Japanese player with a spicy backhand, the player from Albiceleste prevailed in a tie break that was defined by very little.
From the second set, Nishioka, Suffering from a groin problem, his game declined and was swept away by the player from La Plata, who did not seem perturbed by the rival’s instability.
The game returned to show emotion in the end, when the Japanese, with a 0-5, recovered and showed his grit again to achieve his only game in eleven games and fought until the last breath before the Argentine’s serve, which finally he prevailed and celebrated lying in the Parisian brick dust.
“I can’t believe it, this is a dream come true. But this continues. Now it remains to rest and be ready for the next battle,” said the Argentine after the game, picked up the ATP site.
Now, the player from La Plata will face the German Alexander Zverevnumber 27 in the world, at Court Philippe Chatrier for the quarterfinals of this Grand Slam that gives 2,000 points to the champion and in which in his absolute debut, in 2022, he had lost in the first round.
The victory against Nishioka will allow Etcheverry to advance to 31st place in the world ranking and become the second Argentine racket, after Cerúndolo, for the moment.
On the other hand, in the same enclosure, closing it he lost to the world number six, in the tie break of the fifth set, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-4, 1-6 and 7-6 (7).
With this result, the native of Gentofte will face the Norwegian Casper Ruud in the quarterfinals, who defeated the Chilean Nicolás Jarry, in straight sets, 7-6 (3), 7-5 and 7-5.
In the second set, a controversy with the umpire hurt the Argentine after giving him up for lost a point that he had actually won.
What happened was that Cerúndolo noticed that the ball had bounced twice and stopped the point. After that, Rune broke and took a lead to take the third set 6-4, prompting loud boos from the stands.
The 24-year-old Argentine racket, number 23 in the world, lived up to the match against the second Top 10 he has faced in a week.
He took the tough match to the fifth set and lost the last one in the tie-break: when neither of them managed to take advantage, Cerúndolo let two consecutive balls escape by millimeters and gave the first match point to the Dane.
The man from Buenos Aires crashed that ball into the net and put an end to his best performance in a Grand Slam, which would allow him to approach the top-20 of world tennis.
Source: Ambito
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