The tour prior to his presentation at Wimbledon ended yesterday for the tennis player from Corrientes, Lautaro Midón, with a balance of five wins and two losses. His second fall occurred yesterday in the quarterfinals of the J1 in Roehampton in the United Kingdom against the Spanish Martín Landaluce 6-2 and 6-1.
The 18-year-old South American representative and number 15 in the ITF Junior ranking did not find equivalencies against the European (16 years old, 12th), who the day before reached his ninth consecutive victory in his first tour on grass, the same situation that his opponent. The tour prior to the third Grand Slam of the season for Midón began last week when he reached the quarterfinals of J1 Nottingham. There he beat New Zealand’s Jack Loutit 6-1 6-3 in the second round. He then beat Australian Edward Winter 7-6(4) 6-4. And he finally lost to Canadian Jaden Weekes 6-4, 5-7, 1-6.
While the week in Roehampton started for the man from Corrientes with a victory over the American Cooper Williams 6-4 and 6-1. He then defeated Japan’s Hayato Matsuoka 6-1 7-5. In the round of 16 he triumphed over the Swiss Kilian Feldbausch 6-3 and 7-6 (4) and yesterday his executioner was the Spanish Landaluce, who had the opportunity to train with the multiple champion Rafael Nadal two weeks ago.
Thus, the next stop for Lautaro Midón on British soil will be Wimbledon, the third Grand Prix of the year and the third also for the man from Corrientes who already competed in 2022 at the Australian Open and at Roland Garros.
Today the main draw of the English championship will be announced, which will begin to be played from next Saturday, July 2, and will run until Sunday, July 10.
Baez’s defeat
Argentine tennis player Sebastián Báez (35) lost yesterday to Belgian David Goffin (58) 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 and was eliminated in the second singles round of the Wimbledon tournament, the third Grand Slam of the ATP season.
Goffin built his victory from a fast and effective game that did not allow him, except in some points, the recovery of the young tennis player from Buenos Aires on the Wimbledon lawn.
Báez had advanced to the round on Tuesday, after a successful debut in which he defeated Japanese Taro Daniel 6-4, 6-4, 7-5.
Subsequently, in another blow to national tennis, the doubles made up of Diego Schwartzman and Facundo Bagnis fell to the Dutch Wesley Koolhof and the British Neal Skupski, third favorites for the title. by 6-3, 7-5 and 6-3.
El Peque, 15th in the ATP world ranking and 12th favorite, will continue with his schedule in singles today against the British Liam Broady at a time and court to be confirmed.
For his part, Serbian Novak Djokovic (3), number 1, easily beat Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis (79) 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 on center court. In the next round he will face his compatriot Miomir Kecmanovic (25th favorite and 30th in the ranking).
