The Argentine Tomás Martín Etcheverry came back today from the game he lost yesterday against the Spanish Bernabé Zapata Miralles and was suspended due to rain, to stay with a brilliant victory by 6-7 (5-7), 5-7, 6-3, 6- 4 and 7-5 and advance to the second round of the Wimbledon tennis tournament, the third Grand Slam of the season, on another day in which bad weather conditions again conditioned the normal development of the scheduled matches.
Tomás Martín Etcheverry, from La Plata, ranked 32nd in the ATP ranking, recovered today from the bad start of the day before when he fell against the Spanish Bernabé Zapata Miralles (53) 7-6 (7-5), 7-5 and 3-6, when it was interrupted due to lack of natural light due to the delay due to rain, after 2 hours and 52 minutes of the game.
Today, the match also did not start at the stipulated time and was transferred to the last shift on the All England Club’s number 1 court, which is covered and was one of the two that received matches along with the central court.
Etcheverry rose from two sets down and obtained a great victory in a great match, stick and stick, and against a very tough opponent who returned almost everything the Argentine threw at him.
The Argentine had arrived in London strengthened after having reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros and today he confirmed his good moment, to beat a fierce rival, after a marathon match that lasted for 4 hours and 40 minutes and gave him his first victory the Argentine at Wimbledon in his career.
Etcheverry will meet in the second round against the Swiss Stan Wawrinka (88), who yesterday eliminated the Finn Emil Ruusuvuori (47) by beating him 7-5, 7-5, 6-4.
“It was an incredible match, it’s the first time he won at Wimbledon. Today I rested while I waited for the rain and, luckily, I was able to play and win. Now, Wawrinka is coming, it will be a special match,” Etcheverry said after the end of the match. match against Zapata Miralles.
Who could not complete his match was Guido Pella (308) from Bahia, who yesterday prevailed against Croatian Borna Coric (14) 6-3, 4-4 when they were surprised at night and the match was suspended due to lack of natural light.
That match will continue tomorrow, like those that were to be played today for the first round, where the greatest Argentine hope, Francisco Cerúndolo (19), brand new champion in Eastbourne, will face the Portuguese Nuno Borges (68), while Federico Coria (104) from Rosario He will do it against the Belarusian Ilya Ivashka (102).
“Fran” Cerúndolo ignited the illusion in the British “major” after being crowned on Saturday at the ATP in Eastbourne, which meant the first title on grass for an Argentine in 28 years.
The porteño aspires to stand behind David Nalbandian from Cordoba and Juan Martín Del Potro from Tandil, the last great Argentine protagonists at Wimbledon.
The “King David” was one step away from the title in 2002 after losing the final with the Australian Lleyton Hewitt and the “Torre de Tandil” reached the semifinals in 2013 (lost to Djokovic) and quarterfinals in 2018 (lost to Nadal).
Meanwhile, they will also appear tomorrow, but for the second phase of the contest, two other Argentines who prevailed the day before in their debut: Diego Schwartzman from Buenos Aires and Nadia Podoroska from Rosario.
The “Little” Schwartzman (98), who yesterday beat the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic (41) 6-0, 6-3 and 6-4, will face the Italian Jannik Sinner (8), who on the eve defeated Juan from Buenos Aires Manuel Cerúndolo (111) by 6-2-6-2 and 6-2.
For her part, “Peque” Nadia Podoroska (80), who yesterday beat the Czech Tereza Martincova (115) 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4, will face the Belarusian veteran Victoria Azarenka (19), 33, who was a two-time Australian champion (2012 and 2013), a three-time US Open finalist (2012, 2013 and 2020) and a semifinalist at Wimbledon 2012 and 2013, who beat the Chinese Yue Yuan (106) by 6-4, 7-5 and 6-4.
Today’s session was devastated by rain, but the world number 1, the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, was able to appear, who beat the Frenchman Jeremy Chardy (534) 6-0, 6-2 and 7-5, as the duel of British players Andy Murray (40) and Ryan Peniston (268), who went to the Scotsman against the Englishman 6-0, 6-3, 6-1.
2023-07-04 21:16:21
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