“Fran” Cerúndolo did not start in the best way and after a hesitant first set, which also suffered an interruption due to rain, the Argentine had a set point and, after the restart, the Portuguese took it, adjusting his game from the second manga and did not give Borges a chance to win the ticket to the next round.
In addition, the Portuguese player suffered an unforeseen injury to his right ankle in the second set, when he won 1-0, after a slip, and had to be treated by the tournament doctor. Borges was no longer the same, while the tennis player from Buenos Aires increased his level and deployed all his artillery to prolong his good moment on the circuit and on the grass.
In the next phase, Cerúndolo, the first national racket, will face the Czech Jiri Lehecka (37), who today beat the Austrian Sebastian Ofner (72) 6-4, 6-4 and 6-4.
Cerúndolo ignited the illusion in the British major after being crowned on Saturday at the ATP in Eastbourne, which meant the first grass title for an Argentine in 28 years.
The porteño aspires to stand behind David Nalbandian from Cordoba and Juan Martín Del Potro from Tandil, the last great Argentine protagonists at Wimbledon. The “King David” was one step away from the title in 2002 after losing the final with the Australian Lleyton Hewitt and the “Torre de Tandil” reached the semifinals in 2013 (lost to Djokovic) and quarterfinals in 2018 (lost to Nadal).
For his part, the Bahíense Guido Pella (308) was able to complete the match he had with the Croatian Borna Coric (14), who had been suspended on Monday due to lack of natural light due to the delay caused by the rain when he won 6-3, 4-4, and who It was also not possible to play yesterday due to bad weather conditions.
Pella, who reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals in 2019 and feels comfortable playing on the grass, especially in the Cathedral, was able to keep the remainder of the second set, but his level slackened in the third and fourth, and The Croatian took him to the fifth and decisive one, on court 14.
In the fifth set, the man from Bahia regained control and beat Coric, one of the best players in the world, to win the ticket to the second round after 3 hours and 31 minutes of contention. In this way, Pella, who was away from the courts for more than a year due to various injuries, once again rubs shoulders with the best on the planet and is excited to go far in the London tournament.
In the second round of the tournament, the 2016 Davis Cup winner will face Frenchman Harold Mayot (181), who today eliminated his compatriot Benjamin Bonzi (94) by beating him 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. .
At the same time, Diego Schwartzman was eliminated today in the second round after losing to the promising Italian Jannik Sinner, 21, 7-5, 6-1 and 6-2. The “Peque” (98), after a good start in the first set, was devastated by the forcefulness and power of the Italian Sinner (8), who was left with the victory after 2 hours and 1 minute of the game.
The first set was even and the player from Buenos Aires had several options to break the Italian’s serve, who took advantage of his chance in the twelfth game and won the set 7-5. The third and fourth sets showed a sharp and precise Sinner, who no longer gave the Argentine a chance to break and headed for a resounding victory on court number 1 of the All England Club, in London.
Likewise, for Schwartzman it is still a good contest because on Monday he had a creditable victory against the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic (41) by 6-0, 6-3 and 6-4, and today he bothered for a long time with Sinner, who is one of the greatest exponents of modern tennis.
Finally, the Rosario Federico Coria was eliminated in the initial round of Wimbledon after losing in his debut against the Belarusian Ilya Ivashka 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 and 6-0in a game that had been postponed yesterday due to rain.
Coria (104), after a good start, which allowed him to win the first set, gave way and ended up devastated by the Belarusian Ilya Ivashka (102), after 2 hours and 26 minutes of contention.
Court number 9 of the All England Club witnessed a good job by “Fefo” Coria in the initial set, but from the second, which was very even and was defined by details in favor of the Belarusian, the level dropped in the third and practically He was not on the court in the fourth, which Ivashka took with a lapidary 6-0.
Those who were scheduled for today and were postponed for tomorrow because the postponements suffered by the matches due to rain were the other two Argentines who continue in the competition: the player from La Plata Tomas Martin Etcheverry and the Rosario Nadia Podoroskain matches for the second round.
Tomás Etcheverry (32), who yesterday overturned a two-set deficit and won a marathon match against Spaniard Bernabé Zapata Miralles (53) 6-7 (5-7), 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 and 7-5, will be measured against the Swiss Stan Wawrinka (88), who won the day before the Finn Emil Ruusuvuori (47) by 7-5, 7-5 and 6-4.
For her part, the “Peque” Nadia Podoroska (80), who on Monday beat the Czech Tereza Martincova (115) 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4, will face the Belarusian veteran Victoria Azarenka (19), 33 years old, two-time Australian champion (2012 and 2013), three-time US Open finalist (2012, 2013 and 2020) and semifinalist at Wimbledon 2012 and 2013, who beat Chinese Yue Yuan (106 ) by 6-4, 7-5 and 6-4.
Today’s day, affected again by the rain that affected the English capital, included the victory for the second round of the Serbian Novak Djokovic (2), who seeks to keep his fifth Wimbledon in a row and overcame a tough obstacle, to eliminate Australian Jordan Thompson (70) 6-3, 7-6 (4) and 7-5.
“Nole”, who also seeks to keep the title to recover the number 1 in the world that is held by the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, with the victory he reached 30 consecutive victories at Wimbledon.
The Russian Daniil Medvedev (3) also won the day, who defeated the British Arthur Fery (391) 7-5, 6-4 and 6-3; the Danish Holger Rune (6), who beat the English George Loffhagen (371) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 and 6-2; and the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (5), who beat the Austrian Dominic Thiem (91), former world number 3, in a great game 3-6, 7-6 (7-1), 6-2, 6-7 (5-7) and 7-6 (10-8).
Source: Ambito
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