Indian Wells began with a forgettable day for Argentine tennis

The Argentine tennis player Tomás Etcheverry had a bitter debut in the Masters 1000 of Indian Wellswhere he fell in the first round against Czech Jakub Mensik 6-4 and 7-6 (6).

Etcheverry, who came from a good performance in the South American brick dust tour, sought to transfer his performance to the Californian cement, but met a solid rival that knew how to impose himself in the key moments of the game.

The meeting began with good feelings for Etcheverry, who achieved a break in the first game and generated illusion with its aggressive beginning. However, Mesik reacted quickly and matched the score. From there, both players kept parity with good exchanges, but the Czech found a new break in the seventh game and took advantage.

Etcheverry managed to recover the break momentarily, but Mesik took his opportunity at a decisive moment and closed the first set 6-4. With confidence in his favor, the European accelerated in the second partial and quickly put himself in control with a break in the second game.

Etcheverry tried to react and had several recovery opportunities, including break chances in the third and fifth game, but failed to realize them. The Czech maintained his level and administered the advantage with intelligence, resisting the Argentine’s attempts to force a third set.

When the marker reached 5-5, Etcheverry had options to get ahead, but made mistakes at crucial moments and Mesik assured his pass to the tie break.

In the tiebreaker, the Czech quickly took the lead and came to have three match points, although the Argentine saved them with great delivery.

Finally, in its fifth point for match, Mesik closed the 6-4 and 7-6 (6) victory, ensuring its pass to the second round, where you will face Karen Khachanov.

Báez also said goodbye quickly

Sebastián Báez (34 °) lost to the Italian Matteo Gigante (217 °) by 3-6, 6-1 and 6-4 and was eliminated in the first round of Indian Wells.

After a good South American tour, in which he was champion of the ATP 500 of Rio de Janeiro and runner -up in the 250 of Chile, the Argentine had a disappointing participation in the first 1000 Masters of the season.

The first set was favorable to the native of San Martín. With great effectiveness in his first service, Báez got two breaks and closed the first partial with a powerful serve to the T and a blunt parallel.

Despite their good performance in the first partial, the errors began to appear in the game of the second best Argentine in the world. With few positive results on hard courts, the Argentine gave three breaks and lost the second manga in less than half an hour.

Already in the third set, Báez could not take advantage of some inaccuracies of his opponent and, despite breaking it in the fourth game, he received two breaks again and ended up losing the final set 6-4, leaving the Californian tournament before expected.