In his second participation in Roland Garros, the Argentine Thomas Etcheverry He qualified for the round of 16, after destroying the Croatian Borna Coricfifteenth favourite, by 6-3, 7-6(5) and 6-2 in 3 hours and 1 minute.
The 23-year-old from La Plata was the only Argentine in that round, awaiting a duel between Francisco Cerundolo against american taylor fritz.
An achievement for a tennis player who until this year had not won a Grand Slam match but had already made it past a round at the last Australian Open.
The Argentinian kept the same line of play as in the previous round, which allowed him to defeat the Australian Alex de Minaur, favorite 18.
Etcheverry will meet for a place in the quarterfinals against Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka, seed number 27, who beat Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild, one of the sensations of the tournament after defeating Russian Daniil Medvedev, world number 2.
The Argentine hit the ground running on track 14 in Paris after securing a victory that would allow him to move up to 37th place in the rankings.
Source: La Verdad
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