The last days of the experienced tennis player Marco Trungelliti They were marked by great sporting emotions. The captain of the Argentine YPF Davis Cup Tennis Team, Javier Frana, designated him as one of the five members of the team that will compete in the first round of the 2026 Qualifiers, on February 7 and 8 in Busanin front of Corea of the On. In addition, he was part of the Argentine team of the United Cup who reached the quarterfinals in Perth, Australia.
In parallel to this present with the national shirt, Trungellites (ranked 130th in the world) is already in Melbournewhere from January 12 they will face the classification of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the season. During the initial training sessions on the fast courts of Melbourne Parkthe long-time player shared on his social networks an image that did not go unnoticed: he wore a t-shirt with references to The Eternautin which he is seen with a racket and a cup of coffee, accompanied on his back by a phrase as simple as it is eloquent: “The old works.”
Far from being a casual detail, the slogan connects with a cultural phenomenon that has recently gained strength again. The complete sentence, “The old thing works, Juan,” It is part of the imagination of The Eternautthe comic created by Hector Germán Oesterheld and drawn by Francisco Solano Lópezand regained notable validity after its audiovisual adaptation released in 2025. The series, starring Ricardo Darín, Carla Peterson and César Troncoso, had a strong impact on the Argentina and in the region, and put a powerful idea back into circulation: In a world traversed by the collapse of technology, analogue, experience and the tested can also be a form of resistance.
The 35-year-old from Santiago is one of the active players who has competed in the classification of tournaments the most times. Grand Slam throughout his career: he participated in 43 qualys and in nine of them he managed to overcome them. He got it in Australian Open 2016, 2020 y 2022; Roland Garros 2016, 2017 and 2018; he US Open 2019 and 2021; and Wimbledon 2021. The best performance of the national tennis player in large tournaments was reaching the round of 64 five times: three times in Paris and once at the Australian Open and the American Open.
Trungelliteschampion of six titles Challenger Tour, Barletta in 2018; Florence in 2019; Kigali in 2024; and Lyon, Tulln y Fair Mures in 2025, this season he will seek to enter the top 100 in the world ranking for the first time, after having reached 112th place as his best record in 2019. In addition, he will have the possibility of debuting with the Argentine National Team in the series as a visitor against South Korea.
In the case of Trungellitesthe message seems to dialogue with its own journey. In an increasingly demanding and young circuit, the man from Santiago continues to bet on perseverance, experience and silent work, convinced that, even in elite tennis, the old, when it works, still has a lot to offer.
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