The Argentine tennis player Mariano Navone fell to the Italian Lorenzo Musettiin a match corresponding to the second round of the Olympic Gamesby 7-6 (2) and 6-3while the duo of Máximo González-Nadia Podoroska He couldn’t beat the Americans Coco Gauff and Taylor Fritz.
Thus, the only Argentines left in the race are Sebastián Báez and Francisco Cerúndolo.
The player from San Martín, number 18 in the world, will face the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (11), while Cerundolo, recent winner of the ATP in Umag, with the Norwegian Casper Ruud (9) starting at 7 (Argentine time), for the round of 16.
Navone, who in the first round had defeated the Portuguese Nuno Borges With a resounding double 6-2, he presented a great first set to the Italian, but could not impose conditions in the tie-break and fell 7-2.
In the second set, with a huge boost of confidence, Musetti He showed his best version, got a break in the fourth game and held all his service turns to take the victory and advance to the round of 16.
Musetti He has just reached the final at the ATP in Umag, where he lost to the Argentine Francisco Cerúndolo in the tie-break of the third set.
In his next match, the Italian will face the winner of the match between the American Taylor Fritz (7th) and the British Jack Draper.
Besides, Nadia Podoroska and María Lourdes Carlé They fell to the Spanish Cristina Bucsa and Sara Sorribes Tormor, in the second round of the women’s doubles, by 6-3 and 6-4.
The mixed doubles could not beat the Americans
Maximo Gonzalez and Nadia Podoroska They could not cope Coco Gauff and Taylor Fritz (United States) and lost 1-6, 7-6 (6) and 5-10.
After a poor first set, the Argentines recovered in the second set, pushing the Americans to the limit but were unable to keep up the pace and were defeated in the first round.
Source: Ambito
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