Diego Schwartzmanwho a couple of weeks ago announced his retirement from the professional circuit overwhelmed by poor results and his fall in the world ranking, advanced this Tuesday to the second round of the qualifying Roland Garros and is two games away from getting into the main draw of his Grand Slam favorite.
He Littlewho for several seasons was the best Argentine representative on the ATP Tour and today is 141st in the world ranking, defeated the Austrian without any problems Luke Neumayer212th in the classification, by 6-2 y 6-3 in just 70 minutes of action on the court Suzanne Lenglen, the second in importance in the Bois de Boulogne complex, and now awaits the winner of the duel between the Canadian Alexis Galarneau (153°) and the French Quentin Halys (187).
He also took his first step Roman Andrés Burruchaga (145°) which surpassed the Chinese Shang Juncheng (89th) by 6-4 and 7-6 (5). The son of the world champion in Mexico 1986 achieved a very stimulating victory against an opponent with more experience and a better ranking and awaits the winner of the clash between the Japanese Yasutaka Uchichama and the french Mathys Erhard (333rd), who came to qualifying at an invitation from the organization.
This Tuesday there will be three other Argentine tennis players who will try to enter the main draw. Later, Camilo Ugo Carabelli (170°) will face the Spanish Bernabé Zapata Mirallés (178°). Furthermore, among the ladies, Martina Capurro Taboada162nd, will clash against the Canadian Rebecca Marino (164ª) y Paula Ormaechea will be measured against the Romanian Christina Dinu.
positive monday
On Monday, on the first day of qualifying, there were five joys and one sadness among the Argentine legion. Marco Trungelliti170th in the world, was in charge of opening the day for the albiceleste legion and did so with a very good victory over the Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas by 6-0 and 7-6. His next opponent will be the Canadian Gabriel Diallowho was the executioner of Genaro Alberto Olivieri, 191st, the only Argentine who tasted defeat on this initial day. And he didn’t make it easy for him because he fought for three sets to succumb 7-5, 6-7 (7) and 6-1.
For its part, Facundo Bagnis119th in the world ranking, gave a show of solidity by beating the Chilean in straight sets Tomás Barrios Vera, silver medal at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games, 6-3 and 6-2. The experienced Rosario player will face off in the second round with John Manuel Certainly167th in the world and champion of the 2021 Córdoba Open, who took the Kazakh out of the race Beibit Zhukayev by 6-4 and 6-3.
In the women’s team, meanwhile, there was plenty of smiles. Julia Riera93rd in the world, won with a comfortable 6-0 and 6-2 over the Serbian Natalia Stevanovic. The player from Pergamin will compete for a place in the third round against the French team Harmony Tan26 years old and 233rd in the WTA ranking, who left the German on the road Nastasja Schunk by 6-7 (3), 7-6 (6) and 6-3 in more than three and a half hours of play.
followed in his footsteps Solana Sierrawho fought and came back against the Ukrainian Kateryna Kozlova to take the match 1-6, 7-5 and 6-3 and now they will face the Australian Olivia Gadeckiwho beat the American 7-6 (4) and 6-1 Mccartney Kessler.
2024-05-21 10:08:05
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