2024-07-03 03:01:00
What a day for Argentine tennis in Wimbledon. First, the platense Thomas Etcheverry He put an end to the Argentine malaria on grass – his first victory of the tour – and made it to the second round of the English Grand Slam by beating the Italian Luca Nardi. And in the second round, Mar del Plata native Francisco Comesaña struck a blow by eliminating the number six in the ranking, the Russian Andrey Rublev.
Comesaña, 23 years old and ranked 122nd in the world, played spectacular tennis that He drove the Russian crazy to the point of causing the Colorado player to hit his left knee several times with a racket. when the third set was slipping away. Just then, with Rublev bleeding, the match was delayed due to rain. But the stoppage did not dampen the Argentine’s determination.
The Mar del Plata native won 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 and 7-6 (5) in almost three hours of play. “It’s my first time here and I always dreamed of playing in Wimbledon… “I’m so happy that I don’t know what to say, I’m very happy,” said an excited and smiling Comesaña after his triumph, as if to trigger applause from those present.
“I think I was very lucky, I don’t know what I did. I think I just enjoyed the match, the court, the people and I played my best tennis,” said the man who He will face Australian Adam Walton (101st), winner of Federico Coria (72nd) in the next round, scheduled for Thursday. by 6-3, 6-3 and 7-5.
Etcheverry led the way
Etcheverry, ranked number 31, achieved the second victory on grass of his career in a match that was suspended for an hour due to rain – in the third set – but in which she was vastly superior. The first was last year, also at Wimbledon, where she reached the second round.
Etcheverry’s victory was greatly helped by the Nardi (75th) made 29 unforced errors in just one hour and 45 minutes. The victory was by a resounding 6-1, 6-4 and 6-2. With this victory, the Argentine broke a streak of three consecutive losses and will face in the second round another Australian, Alexei Popyrin (47th), winner of the Brazilian Thiago Monteiro (86th) by 6-4, 6-7 (8), 6-3 and 6-4.
The Argentine litter
Wimbledon 2024 had started on Monday with only bad news for the Argentine rackets as they were
eliminated Sebastián Báez (18th), Mariano Navone (32nd) and Nadia Podoroska (66th)all in consecutive sets. As a result, the successes of Etcheverry and Comesaña were more than well received.
Those who Those who were unable to join the Argentine momentum were the aforementioned Coria, Facundo Díaz Acosta and Julia Riera. Díaz Acosta (67th) said goodbye in straight sets against local Cameron Norrie (42nd) by falling 7-5, 7-5 and 6-3 while Riera (110th) could not against the Czech Marie Bouzkova (44th) and lost 6-2 and 6-1.
While,
Francisco Cerúndolo (30th) was supposed to decide his duel against the Russian Román Safiulin (44th) in the fifth set, but the match was delayed due to rain when she was 7-5 (5), 6-3, 5-7 and 3-6, and the final was moved to this Wednesday. On the day, María Lourdes Carlé (87th) will also be playing against the American Katie Volynets (60th), not before 6 o’clock.