Báez & Sinner: Argentina’s Debut & Champion Returns

He Australian Open begins his day 3 and has again Argentine presence. The last of the nine members of the Albiceleste Legion takes the stage: it is Sebastian Baezwho comes from being runner-up in the Auckland ATP, who faces the Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard. At the close of the morning the latest Italian champion will be presented in Melbourne Jannik Sinner against the Frenchman Hugo Gaston.

So far, the income is balanced for the Argentines: they advanced to the second round Francisco Cerúndolo (21st in the world ranking), Tomás Martín Etcheverry (62°), Francisco Comesaña (68°) y Thiago Agustín Tirante (103rd), while they were eliminated Camilo Ugo Carabelli (49°), Mariano Navone (74°), Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (87°) y Solana Sierra (62°).

In the doubles there was also good news for the albicelestes on this third day: the Cerúndolo brothers as companions won a great game against Nys and Roger Vasselin, eighth seeds, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, the same as Etcheverry and Ugo Carabelli against the Kazakhs Nedovyesov and Golubev. The yapa? Both Argentine couples will face each other in the next instance ensuring blue and white presence in the third round.

Oleksandra Oliynikova (UKR) – Madison Keys (USA/cabeza de serie N.9)

(no antes 23h30) Ben Shelton (USA/N.8) – Ugo Humbert (FRA)

(no antes 05h00) Hugo Gaston (FRA) – Jannik Sinner (ITA/N.2)

Naomi Osaka (JPN/N.16) – Antonia Ruzic (CRO)

. Margaret Court Arena (from 9:30 pm)

Lorenzo Musetti (ITA/N.5) – Raphaël Collignon (BEL)

Elena Rybakina (KAZ/N.5) – Kaja Juvan (SLO)

(not before 05h00) Katie Boulter (GBR) – Belinda Bencic (SUI/N.10)

Shintaro Mochizuki (JPN) – Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE/N.31)

. John Cain Arena (from 21h00)

Tereza Valentova (CZE) – Maya Joint (AUS/N.30)

Karen Khachanov (RUS/N.15) – Alex Michelsen (USA)

(no antes 03h00) Valentin Royer (FRA) – Taylor Fritz (USA/N.9)

. KIA Arena (from 21h00)

(3rd party) Dane Sweeny (AUS) – Gaël Monfils (FRA)

. 1573 Arena (from 21h00)

Cristian Garín (CHI) – Luciano Darderi (ITA/N.22)

Joao Funxical (BRA/N.28) – Spirried Heliot (USA)

Rebecca Sramkova (SVK) – Jelena Ostapenko (LAT/N.24)

Laura Siegemund (GER) – Liudmila Samsonova (RUS/N.18)

. ANZ Arena (from 21h00)

Leylah Fernandez (CAN/N.22) – Janice Tjen (INA)

. Short 5 (from 10:00 p.m.)

(not before 11:30 p.m.) Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (FRA) – Sebastián Báez (ARG)

. Short 6 (from 21h00)

Varvara Gracheva (FRA) – Viktorija Golubic (SUI)

(not before 11:30 p.m.) Jakub Mensik (CZE/N.16) – Pablo Carreño (ESP)

. Short 13 (from 21h00)

(3 Yo party) Anna Plisicy (RUS/N.31) – Synoy Chartal (GBR)

. Short 14 (from 21h00)

(2o went) Ethan Quinn (USA) – Greece (NED/N.23)

James Whitfield

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