2023-09-04 04:20:00
The Argentine duo Máximo González-Andrés Molteni defeated this Sunday the duo made up of the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor and the Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (2-7) and 6-3, to advance to quarterfinals of the US Open tennis.
González, 40, and Molteni, 35, continue to confirm their great year, after winning 5 titles, including the first Masters 1000 in history for an Argentine duo in Cincinnati.
The Buenos Aires duo was also called up to join the Argentine team led by Guillermo Coria, who will play the Davis Cup World Group playoff series against Lithuania on September 16 and 17.
In another match played today by the same instance, Horacio Zeballos from Mar del Plata, in a duo with the Spanish Marcel Granollers, lost to the French duo Nicolas Mahut-Pierre Hugues Herbert, by 7-6 (7-0), 4-6 and 6 -4.
After this defeat in doubles, and that of Sebastián Báez this Sunday morning in the individual section against the Russian Daniil Medvédev, González-Molteni became the only nationals in the race in the last Grand Slam of the year.
The local tennis players will seek the pass to the semifinal of the tournament, with the aim of accessing the 6th. 2023 trophy, after winning the ATP 250 in Córdoba, the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro, Barcelona and Washington, and the Masters 1000 in Cincinnati.
In the men’s singles round of 16, this Sunday the American Frances Tiafoe (10) prevailed against the Australian Rinky Hijikata (38) 6-4, 6-1 and 6-4, while the home duel between Ben Shelton (47) and Tommy Paul (14) went to the first, by 6-4, 6-3, 4-6 and 6-4.
For his part, Taylor Fritz (9), of the same nationality, defeated the Swiss Dominic Stricker (128) in straight sets 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 and 6-4 and the Serbian Novak Djokovic (2) beat the Croatian Borna Gojo (105), by 6-2, 7-5 and 6-4.
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