after the elimination of Cerúndolo, Etcheverry seeks the rooms in Paris

There will be two moments Francisco Cerundolo He will remember his first time in the round of 16 of a Grand Slam. In Roland Garrosin front of a packed Suzanne Lenglen stadium, had two very specific options to be able to give another blow against a Top Ten in Paris, but he let them go and the Dane Holger Runenumber 6 in the world, prevailed in the super tie break of the fifth set to repeat his presence in the quarterfinals, as in 2022. Now, the albiceleste hope is the platense Tomas Martin Etcheverrywhich faces the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka (27). ESPN 2 TV.

closing it, 23rd in the ATP world ranking, he had the Dane on the ropes in the Parisian clay and, in the final set, he first wasted a 40-0 in his favor with the rival’s serve that could have left him 5-3 up and in the ‘penalties’ he was 6-5 above on the scoreboard with his two services. He ended up succumbing with partials of 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-4, 1-6 y 7-6 (7)in almost four hours of the game.

In a very even first set, Cerúndolo recovered a break at the close to extend the definition to the tie break, where Rune prevailed. 7-6 (3) to take the initial advantage in the match.

But that blow did not take the porteño off the axiswho maintained his aggressive, dynamic tennis and had an enormous performance to take advantage of a break and match the actions with the 6-3 in the second sleeve.

What did affect him, obviously, was the controversy over the double pique. Although he recovered in the third set, in the final stretch he was heard making several references to the play that occurred before the only break that Rune got and that allowed him to win. 6-4 to go back ahead on the scoreboard.

The fourth set was a monologue by the Argentine. The 6-1 plot shows exactly what happened on the brick dust of the second most important court in the Bois de Boulogne complex. When the three hours of the match arrived, Cerúndolo arrived with his spirits up, but he could not trust Rune, who seemed to let go of the sleeve after the second break for the albiceleste.

The fifth and final manga had everything. Cerúndolo’s confidence continued to rise, proving that his 4-4 record against Top Ten players this season after the tie-break loss makes his game level. With that, the 24-year-old from Buenos Aires must stay, beyond the wasted chances detailed at the beginning of this note.

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Etcheverry’s turn

Etcheverry will play in the last turn with the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka (27), once the match between the Polish Every Swiatek (1) and the Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko.

Tomi started the match well, breaking Nishioka and then holding the break with his serve against the Japanese who then dominated with his serve but suffered when the Argentine served. Thus, the last Argentinian in Paris went 4-2 up in just 20 minutes of play, but the Japanese kept his serve and then broke the Argentinian’s and achieved the four equals, in a hard-fought first set that was defined in a tie break very tight

At times, Nishioka reminds us of Road Runner Chang, even though Michael was an American and Yoshihito was Japanese. The Japanese had incredible defenses at the decisive point, he made Etcheverry’s 193m move to one side and the other like a windshield. He served 6-6 and put pressure on the Argentine who received set point service down. Tomi responded and called the shares. Then he served wide open and his opponent returned forced and out. The player from La Plata took the Japanese out of the box but did not dare to play a ball near the line and lost the point. He learned his lesson and worked it out with two close balls (he had 16 winners in the set) to take the tie break 10-8.

After that first set two questions arose: first, until when could the Japanese defend in this way. Two: in case of achieving it sustainably, how long could Etcheverry hold such a pace. And the start of the second was different because Tomi was sharper and the Japanese made more mistakes. Thus, the player from La Plata started breaking twice and kept his three serves to reach a comfortable 5-0.

How Roland Garros continues

The great attraction of the day, beyond Etcheverry and Cerúndolo, is the presence of the German Alexander Zverev who will face their third consecutive match in a night session at the Phillipe Chatrier, the center court of the complex located in Bois de Boulogne.

After beating Molkan in the second round and Tiafoe in the third, Zverev will try to prevail against the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov to go to the quarterfinals, in the same scenario where he sprained his ankle in the semifinals last year against Rafael Nadal.

The one who also goes ahead is the Norwegian Casper Ruudfinalist of 2022, who stopped the illusion of the Chilean Nicholas Jarry by beating him 7-6 (3), 7-5 and 7-5 in an even match that lasted three hours and 20 minutes.

Unforced errors (67 vs. 32) were Jarry’s undoing against a Ruud who made stability the key to his triumph, always giving one more ball to play. The 4th in the world ranking will now cross with Rune.

In the women’s draw, the Tunisian Our Jabeur opened the day at Philippe Chatrier with a quick victory over the American Bernard Per by 6-3 and 6-1 after 1h03 of action.

His rival will be the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad14th seed, who beat the Spanish Sarah Smiles by 6-7 (3), 6-3 and 7-5 in a marathon match of almost four hours.

The world number 1, the Polish, had less work Every Swiatekwhich benefited from the early abandonment of the Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko (66th). With 5-1 for the Pole, at the change of track, Tsurenko felt bad and called the doctor. He seemed to have trouble breathing and dizziness.

In this way, and thanks to the victory a while before the American Coco Gauff (6th) against the Slovakian Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (100th), the 2022 final will be reissued but in the quarterfinals. A year ago, Swiatek beat Gauff 6-1, 6-3.

All the results of Roland Garros

Ons Jabeur (TUN/#7 seed) defeated Bernarda Pera (USA) 6-3, 6-1.

​Casper Ruud (NOR/N.4) defeated Nicolás Jarry (CHI) by 7-6 (3), 7-5 y 7-5

Coco Gauff (USA/N.6) beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) 7-5, 6-2.

(not before 3:15 p.m.) Grigor Dimitrov (BUL/N.28) – Alexander Zverev (ALE/N.22)

Beatriz Haddad (BRA/N.14) defeated Sara Sorribes (ESP) by 6-7 (3), 6-3 and 7-5

Holger Rune (DEN/N.6) defeated Francisco Cerundolo (ARG/N.23) 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-4, 1-6 and 7-6 (7).

Iga Swiatek (POL/N.1) defeated Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 5-1 and abandonment.

Thomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) – Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN/N.27)

Fuente: AFP

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