Etcheverry said goodbye to Basel with his head held high

Etcheverry said goodbye to Basel with his head held high

The Argentine tennis player Tomas Etcheverry said goodbye prematurely today in the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 of Baselin Switzerland, by losing in three sets and in a tight manner with the top favorite, the Dane Holger Rune.

The player from La Plata, 24 years old and ranked 32nd in the ATP world ranking, fell to Rune (6), with sets of 6-1, 3-6 and 7-6 (6)after two hours and 40 minutes of fighting.

The first seed had left the Argentine also on the road last Thursday Sebastian Baez (29), whom he defeated 7-6 (2) and 6-1.

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In this way, Rune will play one of the semifinals of the tournament that will award 2,345,955 euros in prizes against the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime (19), who beat the Russian Alexander Shevchenko (83), 7-6, 3-6 and 7-6.

The other semifinal will be played by the Polish Hubert Hurkacz (11) and the Frenchman Ugo Humbert (28).

Hurkacz defeated the Dutchman Tallion Griekspoor (25) in the quarterfinals of the tournament, with segments of 6-7, 6-4 and 6-4, while Humbert defeated the local Dominic Stricker (96), 6-4, 2-6 and 6-2.

Source: Ambito

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