The tennis player from La Plata left no doubt to win against the British player 6-4, 6-2, 6-2, with 75 percent of the points won with his first serve, eleven aces and 38 winning shots, in a two hour and 23 minute match at the Kia Arena.
Tomas Etcheverry This Monday he became the fourth Argentine qualified for the second round of the Australian Openafter beating the British in straight sets Andy Murrayformer world number one, in a two-hour and 23-minute match at the Kia Arena in Melbourne Park.
Etcheverry, No. 30 in the world ranking of tennis, left no doubt to win by 6-4, 6-2, 6-2, with 75 percent of his points won on his first serve, eleven aces and 38 winners.
Murray (44th), 36 years old, five-time finalist of the Australian Open (2010, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2016), had a difficult day due to his unforced errors (37) in a quantity noticeably greater than that of the Argentine (19).
Etcheverry advanced to the second round of the first grand slam of the year for the second consecutive time and will now seek to achieve its best historical performance in its third participation.
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The man from La Plata will have as his next rival another veteran like the Frenchman Gael Monfils, 37 years old and ranked 75th in the ranking. The Parisian eliminated the German this Monday Yannick Hanfmann by 6-4, 6-3, 7-5.
If he wins, his next opponent will come from the intersection between the Serbian Novak Djokovic -number one in the world and defending champion in Melbourne– and the local tennis player Alexei Popyrin (43°).
With his victory, Etcheverry assured the presence of four Argentines in R2 of the Australian Openafter the triumphs of Francisco Cerúndolo (22°), Sebastian Baez (26°) and Nadia Podoroska in the women’s box.
Source: Ambito
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