2024-08-28 03:01:00
In his first experience in the main draw of the US Open, Mariano Navone, one of the most notable appearances of the season on the tennis circuit, He beat German Daniel Altmaier (89th) 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 and 6-1.
In the meantime This Wednesday They face each other in the second round Francisco Cerúndolo-Tomás Martin Etcheverry, Sebastian Baez-Tallon Griekspoor and Francisco Comesaña-Ugo Humbert; also, the Serbian Novak Djokovic will face his compatriot Laszlo Djere.
Born in the Buenos Aires town of July 9, Navone (32nd), achieved his second victory in a main draw the Grand Slam. The triumph in the Big Apple came at an ideal time, as the 23-year-old Argentine had completed the North American hard court tour without success, losing in his debut in Montreal, Cincinnati and Winston-Salem.
“I came from many difficult weeks, from several defeats, I arrived here with a lot of doubts., I couldn’t settle in at the start of the match. “I didn’t know what to hold on to. The sound of the ball was different,” Navone described to ESPN, adding: “I realized that I can play well here, on this surface; I have to believe in myself a little more. The win means a lot because of that. I was able to become friends with suffering. I feel reflected in Diego (Schwartzman), who won thousands of games here, so I focused a bit on that,” Navone pointed out that in the second round of the last Grand Slam of the season will be measured with the British Daniel Evans (184), who defeated the Russian Karen Khachanov (22) by 6-7(6), 7-6(2), 7-6(4), 4-6 and 6-4 after a marathon of five hours and 35 minutesmaking it the longest match in US Open history.
Like Navone, Facundo Díaz Acosta achieved his first victory in New York and in a Grand Slam by beating Frenchman Hugo Gaston 6-1, 6-4, 6-2. This Thursday will crash against another left-hander, British Jack Draper.
A little later Federico Coria lostlacking confidence in the season. Portuguese Nuno Borges sealed the victory in three sets (6-2, 6-4, 6-1)and will now play against Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis in the next round.
In the women’s branch, the debut of Nadia Podoroska (68°) at the US Open was not the best, since fell 6-0 and 6-1 against the Russian Diana Schneider (58°).