With a great comeback, the Argentine tennis player Tomás Martín Etcheverry defeated the Spanish Bernabé Zapata Miralles in five sets, in what was the resumption of the debut suspended due to lack of light at the Wimbledon Open.
In addition, in a day with eight games suspended due to heavy rain in the British Grand Slam, the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, number 1 in the world, had a victorious start in the tournament.
Etcheverry, ranked 32 in the ATP Ranking, completed the suspended match on Monday and won an extremely complex match against the Spanish Zapata Miralles, number 53 in the world, in 4 hours and 36 minutes in total.
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At the time of the suspension on Monday, the Argentine was losing 7-6 (7-5), 7-5, 3-6, after 2 hours and 52 minutes of play, but when he restarted, he came back from behind and won by 6-4 in the fourth set and 7-5 in the fifth on indoor court number 1.
Now, in the next phase, the 23-year-old will have to face the experienced and former 38-year-old Swiss top ten Stan Wawrinka, world number 88, who reached this stage by beating the Finn Emil Ruusuvuori in three straight sets by 7- 5, 7-5 and 6-4.
The match will take place this Wednesday, still with a schedule and field to be defined.
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The winner of this cross between La Plata and the native of Lausanne could face nothing more and nothing less than the Serbian number two in the world in the third round, Novak Djokovic, who must first defeat the Australian Jordan Thompson.
Tuesday’s day of the tennis tournament was affected by the heavy rains that hit London and led the organization of the tournament to suspend eight of the twelve matches of the day for which the corresponding reschedulings have not yet been defined.
The one who was able to debut and display his hierarchy on British soil was the Spanish Alcaraz, who beat the Frenchman Jérémy Chardy in three straight sets 6-0, 6-2 and 7-5. The Murcian played the match on indoor court number 1 and, now, he will collide with the winner of the match -suspended this day- between the Frenchmen Alexandre Müller and Arthur Rinderknech, where Müller won 7-6 (7-5) and, momentarily , 1-0.
The other Argentines
The action for the Argentines will continue on Wednesday, first with the two games suspended on Monday due to lack of light: Francisco Cerúndolo from Buenos Aires against the Portuguese Nuno Borges and Federico Coria, who at 31 will go in search of his first victory on the pitch Londoner against the Belarusian Iliá Ivashka.
Then it will be the turn of Diego Schwartzman, who will face the Italian number 8 in the world Jannik Sinner.
2023-07-04 23:53:57
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