Buenos Aires native Facundo Díaz Acosta withdrew from the second Grand Slam of the year due to an injury. If he does not appear in the top 4 of Argentines, he will miss the Olympic event.
After touching the sky with his hands with his first ATP title, at the Argentina Open, Facundo Díaz Acosta He suffered an injury that will prevent him from participating in Roland Garros, the second Grand Slam of the season that will begin on May 26, or in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
The thing is that by being absent from the Bois de Boulogne, the Buenos Aires native, No. 48 in the world, will not be able to add points for the ranking that would allow him to be among the best four Argentine singles players and qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The reason: no He was able to recover from clavicular bone edema and confirmed that he will not attend Roland Garros.
Facundo Díaz Acosta He played for the last time on April 24, when he lost in the first round of the Madrid Masters 1000 against the Canadian Denis Shapovalov. During that match, he received medical attention, but was able to complete the match. He did not participate in the Rome Masters 1000 and returned to Argentina to rehabilitate. However, he is not yet in physical condition and had to leave Roland Garros, where in 2023, after entering the main draw as lucky loserfell in the first round (defended 26 points).
Will you miss the Paris 2024 Olympic Games?
The tennis event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be held from July 27 to August 4, in the Bois de Boulogne. There will be five competitions: men’s and women’s singles (64 players), men’s and women’s doubles (32 teams) and mixed doubles (16 teams). Each country may have a maximum of six men and six women players in Paris.
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In the singles competition there will be a maximum of four players per country (with priority for the 56 who enter directly), so Facundo Díaz Acosta He needed to get into the top 4 of Albiceleste tennis players in the ranking on June 10, one day after Roland Garros, to earn a place in the Games.
At the moment Facundo Díaz Acosta is the fifth best classified in Argentina and will no longer have time to try to surpass Sebastian Baez (19th), Francisco Cerúndolo (22°), Tomas Etcheverry (28°) and Mariano Navone (31°), whose meteoric rise displaced the Buenos Aires native. The last chance he has left is to recover from the injury and wait for another tennis player in the top 4 to drop out of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Source: Ambito
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