Coria, born in Rosario and ranked 65th in the ATP world ranking, performed from lowest to highest on the central court of the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club and eliminated Lajovic (37) after two hours and 34 minutes in the match that opened the round of 16 of the Buenos Aires ATP.
The 29-year-old Argentine improved on his performance from the opening round when he had beaten the Uruguayan Paul Caves (96) with more errors from others than his own successes and built a very good victory, given that he was losing 6-4 and 5-3 when he began to build his comeback.
His next commitment will be on Friday against the winner of the match that the Spaniard later encouraged Roberto Carballes Baena (78) and the Norwegian Casper Ruud (8)top favorite for the title and tournament champion in the 2020 edition.
“I am perhaps repetitive, but what I am experiencing is more than I dreamed, that people chant my name is very crazy, it is all very strong for me”“Fefo” Coria confessed, elated as he improved his weak start to the year with losses in the opening rounds of Sydney, the Australian Open and more recently the Cordoba Open.
The Argentine was headed for defeat when he made a couple of tactical changes to his game that paid off. On the one hand, he advanced a couple of meters on the court, took the initiative for each point and on the other, he risked much more against a rival who began to make mistakes, thus going from 5-3 down to 7-5 and 1-0. in the third set after winning five games in a row.
In the third and final part, Coria He hit a lot with his forehand, managed a timely break to go ahead 2-1 and then 3-1, and also punished every mistake of the Serb, who had already been on the verge of being eliminated in his previous match against the French Benoit Paire (50) in which he saved three match points.
“It’s crazy to be among the top eight in the tournament. What happened this afternoon is that I wasn’t competing or enjoying myself, and when the match was a bit lost I felt I had to take risks and I received an extra energy that gave me confidence to reverse it”explained the rosarino.
The performance of “Fefo” was followed from the box by Diego Schwartzmann (which debuts this Thursday), the current champion of the tournament, for Frederic Delboniswho last night dressed as a villain for the public by eliminating Juan Martin del Potroand also for his brother William “Magician” Coriathe captain of Argentina’s Davis Cup team.
“Despite the fact that I am already 29 years old, it is still difficult for me to play tennis when my brother is looking at me, it is that I always had him as an idol and I cannot forget that as a boy I used to come to this stadium to see him”confessed “Fefo” in reference to the “Wizard”, former number three in the world and one of the greatest exponents of “La Legión” Argentina.
Source: Ambito
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