The Argentine tennis player Tomas Martin Etcheverrywho stars in Roland Garros the best performance of his career, he will face the German today Alexander Zverev for the quarterfinals of the Parisian Grand Slam, which will distribute prizes of 49,600,000 euros between its male and female teams.
Etcheverry, born in La Plata and ranked 49th in the ATP world ranking, will play no earlier than 10 a.m. (Argentina time) in the third round of the Philippe Chatrier central court of the complex located in the Parisian neighborhood of Bois de Boulogne and with ESPN televising against the German Zverev (27), a former “top ten” who was a semifinalist at Roland Garros in the last two editions.
The 23-year-old Argentine will try to extend his excellent moment in Paris against a class rival who lost in the semifinals in 2021 against the Greek Stéfanos Tsitsipas and in 2022 against the Spanish super champion Rafael Nadal, absent this year due to an injury that has left him to mistreat since last February.
Etcheverry, finalist this year in the ATP of Santiago, Chile (lost to local Nicolás Jarry) and Houston, United States (lost to North American Frances Tiafoe), will try to overcome one more barrier against Zverev to settle in the semifinals, instance in which that the Norwegian Casper Ruud (4) or the Dane Holger Rune (6), who eliminated the Argentine Francisco Cerúndolo (23) from the tournament, would play.
The tennis player from La Plata became the great revelation of Roland Garros, since in his second participation (last year he lost in the initial round) he won four consecutive matches against the British Jack Draper (55), the Australian Alex De Miñaur ( 19), the Croatian Borna Coric (16) and the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka (33), all without having given up a set.
The other semifinal of the men’s draw was defined yesterday and will feature the world number one, the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, and the Serbian Novak Djokovic (3), winner of 22 Grand Slam tournaments, a record he shares with “Rafa” Nadal.
Djokovic, 36, and Alcaraz, 20, from Murcia, will star in a true anticipated final next Friday in Paris.
On this day, the quarterfinals of the women’s draw will also be completed with matches between the world number one and current champion, the Polish Iga Swiatek (1) against the American Coco Gauff (6), and the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia (14 ) against the Tunisian Ons Jabeur (7).
The tournament already established semifinalists for the Czech Karolina Muchova (43) and the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka (2), current Australian Open champion and with 12 consecutive victories in Grand Slam tournaments.
Source: Ambito
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