2023-06-06 17:43:07
The couple made up of the man from Mar del Plata Horace Zeballos and the catalan Marcel Granollers achieved an important victory on Tuesday for 6-3 y 7-6 against the top favorites of the Parisian contest that is played on brick dust. In this way, they settled in the semifinals of the doubles tournament of Roland Garrosthe second Grand Slam of the season.
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The Spanish-Argentinian duo prevailed over the first seed, the Dutchman Wesley Koolhof and the british Neal Skupski, in straight sets. The doubles number ones had come from beating the pair made up of Brazilian Marcelo Melo and Australian John Peers convincingly 6-2 and 6-3 in the round of 16.
The couple made up of the man from Mar del Plata and the Catalan defeated the world number ones and reached the semifinals of the Parisian Open for the second consecutive year.
Horacio Zeballos seeks his first Grand Slam title
The Argentine, winner of 19 doubles tournaments, is looking for his first “major” title in the specialty, after reaching the semifinals twice in Paris (2013 and 2022). In the current season, Zeballos achieved that same instance in the Australian Open for the second consecutive year.
Previously, the doubles pair had also achieved it at the US Open 2019, Wimbledon 2021, the Australian Open in 2022 and 2023. In New York and London they were also able to access the final, but left defeated.
The man from Mar del Plata and the Catalan, champions of seven titles together, are just two games away from being able to lift the most important trophy of their careers. They await a rival in the semifinals and he will come out of the duel between Ivan Dodig/Austin Krajicek vs. Kevin Krawietz/Tim Puetz.
When will Tomás Etcheverry play again at Roland Garros 2023?
Tomás Etcheverry will face Alexander Zverev on Wednesday June 7 from 6 in the morningArgentina time, with live television on ESPN.
A finalist in Santiago and Houston, Etcheverry made an evident leap in quality in Paris, and He already has 19 victories this season, the best of his career.
Roland Garros 2023, LIVE: where to watch on TV and ONLINE
ESPN
- Channels 103 of Cablevisión Digital, HD and Flow
- DirecTV Channels 621 (SD) and 1621 (HD)
- Channels 105 (SD) and 1011 (HD) of Telecentro
ESPN 2
- Channels 102 of Cablevisión Digital, HD and Flow
- DirecTV channels 622 (SD) and 1622 (HD)
- Channels 104 (SD) and 1009 (HD) of Telecentro
ESPN 3
- Channels 104 of Cablevisión Digital, HD and Flow
- DirecTV channels 623 (SD) and 1623 (HD)
- Channels 1012 (HD) of Telecentro
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