The Argentinian Tomás Martín Etcheverry He beat the Scotsman today Andy Murray by 6-7 (5), 6-3 and 6-2 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 tennis Baselin Switzerland.
The man from La Plata, ranked 32nd in the ATP world ranking, surpassed Scotsman Andy Murray (40), former world number 1, after 3 hours and 9 minutes of an exciting match.
In this way, Etcheverry equaled the record against the British, who had won the only match between the two in March of this year at the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells, in the United States.
The tennis player from La Plata will face off on Friday in the quarterfinals against the winner of the match between the Argentine Sebastián Báez (29) and the Danish Holger Rune (6), who will play tomorrow.
Báez, from Buenos Aires from the city of San Martín, yesterday entered the tournament with a victory against the Australian Christopher O’Connell (61) by 6-7,6-4 and 6-3, after 2 hours and 20 minutes of fighting .
The ATP 500 in Basel, Switzerland, takes place on hard courts and will award prizes totaling 2,345,955 euros.
The Swiss tournament has four Argentine champions throughout history.
The man from Mar del Plata Guillermo Vilas He celebrated in 1978, when he defeated the American John McEnroe in the final, in four sets.
While the Cordovan David Nalbandian He was crowned in 2002, by defeating the Chilean Fernando González in three rounds. A year later the Santa Fe player lifted the trophy Guillermo Coriawho defeated Nalbandian, by no-show.
For his part, the Tandilense Juan Martin del Potro It was consecrated in the 2012 and 2013 editions and in both cases he beat local Roger Federer in the final, who is the top winner in history with ten titles.
Source: Ambito
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