The Argentine Etcheverry fell to Djokovic at the Paris Masters 1000

The Argentine Etcheverry fell to Djokovic at the Paris Masters 1000

November 1, 2023 – 16:06

The tennis player from La Plata fell 6-3 and 6-2, in a match for the second round of the French tournament. The 24-year-old Argentine had lost to “Nole” the only time they had met, it was this year in the second round of the Rome Masters 1000.

Tomás Etcheverry couldn’t beat Djokovic

The Argentinian Tomás Martín Etcheverry lost to the number one in the world, the Serbian Novak Djokovic, 6-3 and 6-2in a match for the second round of the Paris Tennis Masters 1000while his compatriot Francisco Cerúndolo later played against Norwegian “top ten” Casper Ruud.

Tomás Etcheverry, born in La Plata and located in 31st place in the ATP world ranking was surpassed by Djokovic (1)who returns to the circuit in this tournament, after 1 hour and 25 minutes of play.

The Argentine, 24 years old, had lost with “Nole” The only time they had faced each other was this year in the second round of the Rome Masters 1000on brick dust surface.

The player from La Plata had surpassed the Serbian in the initial round Miomir Kecmanovic (53)while Djokovicthe winningest tennis player grand slam With 24 trophies, he was exempt from playing the first phase.

Cerúndolo, for victory

For his part, the porteño Francisco “Fran” Cerúndolo (21) He later played against the Norwegian Casper Ruud (8)whom he beat twice previously, in Bastad 2022 and in the Conde de Godó, in Barcelona, ​​in 2023and also lost twice, the first in the Miami Masters 1000 2022 and the second this year in the Rome Masters 1000.

cerundolo He beat the Frenchman in the initial round Gael Monfils (79)while Ruud will enter to play directly in the second round.

The winner of the match between the Argentine and the Norwegian will face the Pole in the round of 16 Hubert Hurkacz (11), who today defeated the Spanish Roberto Bautista Agut (66) by 6-3 and 6-2.

He Paris Masters 1000 It is played on a fast surface and indoors in the Palais Omnisports de Bercy, It will distribute prizes for 6,748,815 euros and throughout its history it had only one Argentine as champion, the Cordoban David Nalbandian in the 2007 edition.

Source: Ambito

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