Tomas Etcheverry on the Road to Recovery: Misses Indian Wells but Aiming for Miami

The Argentine Tomás Etcheverry, in full recovery. EPA

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You’ll have to wait. Finally, it was confirmed that the Argentine Tomás Etcheverry (No. 30 in the world ranking) will not play Indian Wells.

“The idea is to reach Miami 100%,” confirm for these hours ESPNTenis.com from your environment. The man from La Plata traveled to the Californian desert to fulfill pre-established business commitments and was even part of the draw for the first Masters 1000 of the year, where he was waiting for a rival in the second round.

But the truth is that the evolution of the tear runs its normal course, so he continues training, but without the chance to play tennis officially, as he hopes to do in Miami and, already at the start of another clay tour, in the Houston ATP, where he was a finalist in 2023.

His replacement will be Italian Luca Nardiwho fell in the qualy and now has direct access to the second round.

It is worth remembering that last Friday, February 16, Tomas Etcheverry He retired injured after going tied (6-4 and 5-7) against Nicholas Jarry (No. 21) in the quarterfinals of the ATP in Buenos Aires.

After that situation, the Argentine underwent studies and a statement was issued with the official report of the injury: “During the match against Nicolás Jarry at the Argentina Open, Tomás suffered a tear in the semimembranosus of the myotendinous junction of the peripheral tendon.”

The statement continued: “This incident will keep him out of competition for 4 to 6 weeks. “We thank everyone for their support and understanding at this time and want to send strength and encouragement to Tomi during his recovery.”

Faced with this panorama, Etcheverry missed the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro, the ATP 250 in Santiago de Chile, Indian Wells, but he does not lose hope of returning at the Masters 1000 in Miami.

2024-03-07 20:39:53
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