24/10/2023 20:27hs.
At the ATP 500 in Basel, Switzerland, Diego Schwartzman (104th) was eliminated in the first round after losing to the Australian Alex De Miñaur (13th) by 6-4 y 6-4. El Peque was surpassed by his rival after 1 hour and 46 minutes of fighting in what could have been his last performance in 2023.
In this way, De Minaur stretched to three wins in the same number of games against Schwartzmansince they had won the two previous matches: Queen’s and Tokyo, both this season and even the last one a week ago.
Why wouldn’t the Peque have more presentations in 2023? Because being 25 down outside the Paris-Bercy qualy I would need a Wild Card to enter the draw. Although there is still the possibility of playing a challenger in South America and adding some points, it seems that Peque would start 2024 outside the top 100.
Everything would indicate that this was the Buenos Aires’ last game of the season, since
Alex de Minaur was once again Peque’s executioner.
The Argentine who is still standing
On the other hand, the Basel Open has an Argentine in competition, Sebastián Báez (29th), who won against the Australian Christopher O’Connell (61°). He went 6-7, 6-4 and 6-3 after 2 hours and 20 minutes of play to advance to the round of 16.
Báez will go against Holger Rune in the round of 16 in Basel.
The 22-year-old tennis player will face the Norwegian Holger Rune (6th) in the second round, who defeated the Serbian in his debut Miomar Kecmanovic (55°) by 1-6, 7-5 and 6-3.
The four Argentine champions throughout history in Basel
The first Basel winner was Guillermo Vilas, in 1978, when he defeated the American John McEnroe in the final. The second, David Nalbandian, who was crowned in 2002 after beating the Chilean Fernando Gonzalez. A year later, the Argentine who lifted the trophy was Guillermo Coria, who defeated Nalbandian after not showing up.
Del Potro won two finals against Federer at home.
Finally, Juan Martín Del Potro from Tandil established himself in the editions 2012 y 2013, and in both cases he beat the local Roger Federer in the final, who is the biggest winner in history with 10 titles.
2023-10-24 20:27:34
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