The Argentines Francisco Cerúndolo and Guido Pella successfully raffled their presentation at the Wimbledon English Tennis Open on Wednesday by beating the Portuguese Nuno Borges 5-7, 6- at the start of their participation in the third Grand Slam of the season. 3, 6-3 and 6-4 and the Croatian Borna Coric by 6-3, 7-5, 4-6, 3-6 and 6-1, respectively.
closing it
Francisco Cerúndolo, ranked 19th in the ATP world ranking and brand new champion last Saturday on the Eastbourne grass, beat the Portuguese Nuno Borges (68) after 2 hours and 46 minutes of play on court number 15 of the All England Club, in a match that should have been played yesterday and was suspended due to rain.
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“Fran” Cerúndolo did not start in the best way and after a hesitant first set, which also suffered an interruption due to the rain and was taken by the Portuguese, he adjusted his game from the second round and did not give Borges a chance, to keep the ticket to the second round.
In the next phase, Cerúndolo, the first national racket, will face the Czech Jiri Lehecka (37), who today beat the Austrian Sebastian Ofner (72) 6-4, 6-4 and 6-4.
Pella
For his part, Guido Pella (308) from Bahía was able to complete the match he had with Croatian Borna Coric (14), who had been suspended on Monday due to lack of natural light due to the delay caused by the rain when he won 6- 3 and 4-4, and that it was not possible to play yesterday due to bad weather conditions.
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Pella, who in 2019 reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals, was able to keep the remainder of the second set, but he loosened his level in the third and fourth, and the Croatian took him to the fifth and decisive, on court 14.
In the fifth set, the man from Bahía regained control of the game and beat Coric, one of the best players in the world, to win the ticket to the second round after 3 hours and 31 minutes of contention.
In the second round of the tournament, Pella will face Frenchman Harold Mayot (181), who today eliminated his compatriot Benjamin Bonzi (94) by beating him 6-3, 6-4, 7-5.
choria
Federico Coria was eliminated in the initial round after losing to the Belarusian Ilya Ivashka 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 and 6-0.
Court number 9 of the All England Club witnessed a good job by “Fefo” Coria in the initial set, but from the second, which was very even and was defined by details in favor of the Belarusian, the level dropped in the third and practically He was not on the court in the fourth, which Ivashka took with a lapidary 6-0.
Schwartzman
The “Little” Schwartzman fell to the Italian Jannik Sinner 7-5, 6-1 and 6-2 and was eliminated.
The first set was very even and the player from Buenos Aires had several options to break the Italian’s serve, who took advantage of his chance in the twelfth game and won the set 7-5, the third and fourth sets showed a sharp and precise Sinner, who no longer gave the Argentine a chance to break and headed for a resounding victory on court number 1 of the All Englad Club, in London.
2023-07-05 21:33:45
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