The race of Tomas Etcheverry It seems to happen on a roller coaster. Two years ago he experienced a series of terrifying situations that made him think, but not give up. And in 2023 he experiences the best season of his career, with an outstanding performance in Roland Garros and his first call to the team Davis cup. However, she tries to keep her feet on the ground and assures that nothing has changed.
Exactly two years ago, Tommy, born in La Plata on July 18, 1999, began to retrace an endless path. First he was detained for 24 hours in Germany because his permit to stay in Europe expired; Then they deported him. The return trip to Argentina took almost three days amid the restrictions due to the Covid-19. Upon arriving in Ezeiza, his test came back positive.
“Things happen for a reason. It will remain an anecdote”the tall 1.96 meter tennis player told him. Ambit after the odyssey. And boy did things change for the current number 35 in the ATP ranking.
Last year he went through the irreparable loss of his sister, while in April he broke into the Top 100 for the first time. Since then, the takeoff was definitive and the flight did not stop. This season she reached her first two ATP finals in Santiago de Chile and Houston, although it was at Roland Garros where she displayed a tennis arrogant and aggressive that took him to the quarterfinals, where he lost to the German Alexander Zverev.
His dizzying 2023 catapulted him to 30th place in the ATP and as an obvious and due recognition he heard the news he longed for: the first call to the national Davis Cup team, which came about in a moment of disappointment.
“I found out during the US Open, after losing to Stan Wawrinka – in the second round, he fell in four sets. My coach, ‘Wally’ Grinovero, told me this. It was crazy”Etcheverry confesses to Ámbito seconds before leaving the downtown hotel where the draw for the World Group 1 playoff between Argentina and Lithuania was held.
In a group that has two other Top 35 like Francisco Cerúndolo and Sebastián Báez, who have a handful more series played, the captain Guillermo Coria He decided on the two of them to open the match against the Europeans, a strategy that sounds logical given that the player from La Plata is a debutant.
Tommy, a Gimnasia fan who usually experiences the important moments of his career with his grandfather, does not show any anger. “It’s the best decision,” he says, without failing to mention that, even if he doesn’t play, “we have to support him.” “We have a great team”loose.
At the beginning of the year, the player from La Plata reached the quarterfinals of the Argentina Openwhere he fully experienced “play with the entire public in favor. Now of course I also imagine myself competing on Sunday”. This series looks comfortable for Argentina, which would allow it to qualify for the 2024 Qualifiers early, without major wear and tear, and thus give Etcheverry the opportunity to make his official debut, something that was cut short against Finland in February when he had to report that he was not available for back pain.
As it is, the vertigo does not stop for the 24-year-old from La Plata, owner of an explosive serve and groundstrokes with a lot of firepower. However, he affirms that day-to-day life is no different and that his focus is on “work.”
“I don’t know if life changed so much, but rather having an order, knowing what tournaments I’m going to play, being in the most important ones. The day to day is the same”it states.
After hearing the question that evokes those weeks of suffering, he gives a snort that sounds like “that was difficult.” “There is no evil that lasts 100 years nor temptation that is not cut,” said the endearing Argentinian Moon in the recitation “Letter to my Father in Heaven.”
“Sportswise, everything changed a lot, even from last year. Today I find myself in another position, another place in the ranking, achieving a lot of objectives. Everything came very suddenly and you have to be prepared to maintain this”analyzes Etcheverry for this medium.
A factor that in his opinion was also altered is “the pressures”; The Davis Cup understands these issues. But he is clear that his methodology and system should not deviate: “I try to continue improving, which is the key. “I try to add tools to my game to be able to maintain this level and continue rising in the ranking, go for more objectives”.
Vertigo, maelstrom, speed. So the days go by for Argentina’s number 3 that on Sunday morning he could debut in the most prestigious team competition in the world and at night wait in Ezeiza for his flight to China to play “Wednesday or Thursday” in the ATP 250 from Zhuhai. The last weeks of the year promise to be just as intense.
Source: Ambito
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