01/09/2024 18:32hs. Updated on 01/09/2024 19:35hs.
The first Grand Slam of the year is approaching. The best tennis players in the world travel to Oceania to participate in the Australian Open, one of the four most important tournaments on the calendar. With big names like the defending champion Novak Djokovic (1st) or the always candidate Carlos Alcaraz (2nd), the competition that will begin with the main draw this Sunday and will end on January 28 is currently in its qualy stage.
As always, the Argentine presence could not be missing. In the female branch, Julia Riera (123rd) beat the Canadian Stacey Fung (239th) 6-1 and 6-4 and now must surpass the French Elsa Jacquemot (176th), who later eliminated Solana Sierra (173rd) by 6-4 and 7-5.
For their part, among the men, several are still in the race, while others fell. The first eliminated was Román Burruchaga (181st), who lost to the Frenchman Pierre-Hughes Herbert (234th) by 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5) and 6-3. Diego Schwartzman (111th) could not pass the first round either, after being left out at the hands of the American Denis Kudla (165th).
Since Wimbledon 2014, El Peque has not missed a Grand Slam main draw.
Later, five other compatriots would say goodbye to the possibility of joining the main draw. Marco Trungelliti (226th) fell to the Slovakian Lukas Klein (164th) 6-3, 3-6 and 6-3; Mariano Navone (126th) lost against the Croatian Dino Prizmic (178th) with a score of 5-7, 6-3 and 6-2; Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (133rd) defeated the Frenchman Térence Atmane (145th) 4-6, 6-4 and 6-1; Facundo Bagnis missed his chance against Tunisian Aziz Dougaz (230°) 7-6 (4) and 6-3; and Thiago Tirante was out against Belgian Kimmer Coppejans (183rd) 6-7 (1), 7-6 (6) and 6-2.
Camilo Ugo Carabelli moved on to the second round.
However, there were two Argentines who were able to advance to the second round. The first of them was Camilo Ugo Carabelli (140°), who beat Australian Hayden Jones (1318th) 6-0, 3-6 and 6-2; and the second turned out Francisco Comesaña (123rd), who eliminated the Japanese Yuta Shimizu (208th) 7-6 (2) and 6-2. This Wednesday, Carabelli will go against the Italian Riccardo Bonadio (222nd) and Comesaña will face the Hungarian Mate Valkusz (214th),
Who still has to play the first round
This Tuesday, at 9:30 p.m., they will play: Santiago Rodríguez Taverna (207°) against the Frenchman Antoine Escoffier (170°) and Andrea Collarini (227th) against the Frenchman Harold Mayot (159th). At 23, Nicolás Kicker (511°) will face the Kazakh Beibit Zhukayev (188°). All matches belong to the first round of qualifying and are on Star+.
Martina Capurro will play against the Ukrainian Yulia Starodubtseva.
On the other hand, in the women’s team, This Tuesday from 8 p.m. Martina Capurro (151°) will face the Ukrainian Yulia Starodubtseva (152°). The Buenos Aires native is the only one of the Argentine women who has not yet made her debut in the classification.
2024-01-09 21:32:37
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