Francisco Cerúndolo (31°), Facundo Diaz and Tomas Etcheverry They won their respective matches and became the only Argentines to advance to the second round of the Australian Openthe first Grand Slam of the season.
cerundolo had a solid performance to win against the Kazakh Alexander Bublik by 7-6(1), 6-3 and 6-2.
Although in the previous match it looked like it would be a much more even match, Bublik He showed off his inconsistency, which is almost the same magnitude as his talent.
His rival in the second round will be a crossing of Argentines, since his next rival will be Facundo Díaz Acostawho beat the Belgian in a very tough match Zizou Bergs by 6-7(5), 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 and 6-4.
The other Argentine who got into the second round was Tomas Etcheverrywho needed 3 hours and 35 minutes to eliminate the Italian Flavio Cobolli (32°) by 6-7(8), 6-3, 7-5 and 6-1.
Etcheverry will have the American as an opponent in the second round Marcos Gironwhile in the third round he would have a potential crossover with the Italian and world number 1, Jannik Sinner.
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So much cerundolo as Diaz Acosta and Etcheverry They will play again on the day that will take place between Wednesday night and early Thursday morning.
The nightmare of the five sets for the Argentines in Australia
During the day that took place between Monday night and Tuesday morning, the Argentines Federico Coria, Francisco Comesaña and Camilo Ugo Carabelli They lost their respective matches in five sets.
Coria couldn’t beat the American Triatan Boyer (6-3, 6-7, 4-6, 7-5 and 6-1), Comesaña fell with the experienced German Daniel Altmaier (6-2, 3-6, 7-6, 4-6 and 6-4), and Ugo Carabelli was surpassed by one of the biggest surprises on the circuit, Learner Tien (4-6, 7-6, 6-3, 5-7 and 6-4).
This way, Coria, Comesaña and Ugo Carabelli they joined Sebastian Baez (28°) now Mariano Navonewho had also lost in five sets the previous day.
Debut and farewell for women
Maria Lourdes Carlé and Julia Riera They were eliminated in their debut, so there will be no Argentine representatives in the second round.
Carle He couldn’t do anything against the American Amanda Anisimovawhich beat him 6-2 and 6-3. Rierafor its part, fought against the American Beatriz Haddad Maiabut ended up falling for 4-6, 7-5 and 6-2 after two hours and 40 minutes of play.
Source: Ambito
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