Federico Delbonis, Facundo Bagnis and Federico Coria were eliminated in the first round of the Masters 1000 de Indian Wells. Azuleño missed an incredible game. He recovered after losing the first set, pushed forward the second and had countless chances to make a difference in the third, but ended up falling 6-3, 3-6 and 7-6 (2) against Yoshihito Nishioka.
Three times he was with a break in favor and he even served for a match: 5-4 and 6-5 in the final set. Not even the Japanese himself will be able to believe it, since he was several times against the ropes and errors by Delbonis kept him alive until he declared the victory. In the second round, Nishioka will face John Isner.
The Santa Fe, meanwhile, suffered a tough defeat against Ecuadorian Emilio Gómez (6-3, 6-1), who will face Pablo Carreño in the second round on Sunday. From the beginning of the match, Gómez’s level surprised a completely disoriented Bagnis with no ideas on the court.
It would not take long for the Ecuadorian to establish a 2-0 lead, which he would later expand to 5-2 and serve. There the first difficulties would come, and Bagnis would recover a break; but the Argentine did not hold and the one from Guayaquil closed the set 6-3.
Very soon, in the second set, Gomez would take the lead. The Argentine would give up blank for his rival to have a 3-1 advantage and serve, and once again he would do it to give 5-1 and serve the Ecuadorian. And, with an exhibition tennis, he established the final 6-1 that gave him the pass to the next instance of the contest.
And in the last shift on Friday, Federico Coria did not have the dream debut. He faced one of the revelations of the year, Brandon Nakashima (83) who eliminated him by beating him 6-3 and 6-2. In this way, the day was terrible for Argentine tennis that also suffered the loss of Nadia Podoroska in the women’s team.
This Saturday, starting at 11.00 local time (15.00 in Argentina), the debut of Buenos Aires Diego Schwartzman (15) will take place, who will run into the American Maxime Cressy (145), emerged from the classification. Also for the second round, the Bahian Guido Pella (80) will assume a difficult commitment against the Spanish Roberto Bautista Agut (19), who also dodged the first round without playing.
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