The afternoon session at the IEB+ Argentina Open, which will be held in Buenos Aires until February 18, was marked by surprisesbecause the Frenchman Arthur Fils, eighth seed, and one of the great figures of Argentine tennis in recent times, fell in the first round, Diego Schwartzman.
‘Peque’ still didn’t hold his head high and suffered a comeback made by his rival, the Colombian Daniel Elahi Galánwho fell in the first set 6-2, but recovered and won the next two 6-1 and 6-4.
In a message published on social networks after his defeat, the 31-year-old tennis player seemed saddened by the difficult sporting moment he was going through. “Weeks passed and no answers appeared in the field“, he published in
“If it doesn’t work, I’ll be able to look back and be more satisfied with what I’ve achieved. and for the people around me who made me a great athlete and incredible people,” he added.
Before, his countrymen Federico Coria and Camilo Ugo Carabelli qualified in the round of 16.
The brother of Guillermo Coria, the Davis Cup captain, starred in an intense match that went to three sets against Austrian Sebastian Ofner, whom he defeated 7-5, 4-6 and 7-5.
The rival of ‘Fede’, number 106 in the ATP ranking, in the second round is the British Cameron Norriesecond seed and world number 20, who will enter the draw directly and only lost in the round of 16 of the Australian Open against German Alexander Zverev.
In its part, Ugo Carabelli, from the classification table, eliminated the Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillaswhich he defeated in just two sets, 7-6 (7-5) and 6-4.
The tennis player from Buenos Aires will now have a tough trial by fire, because it was his turn to face the number one in the tournament and number two in the world, Carlos Alcarazwhich in 2024 aims to win Olympic gold at the Paris Games without forgetting its other great ambition: Roland Garros.
The winner of the two Grand Slams (US Open 2022 and Wimbledon 2023) will debut in the tournament this Thursday.
As for Arthur Fils, world number 36, he fell in just two sets against Serbian Dusan Lajovicwho beat him 6-3 and 6-4 and will now have to face Chilean Alejandro Tabilo in the round of 16 who, earlier this morning, defeated German Yannick Hanfmann 6-1 and 6-3.
In the meeting that closed the day, the Argentine Sebastian Baezfifth seed, He defeated Bernabé Zapata Miralles in just two sets (6-3 and 6-3).
Source: La Verdad
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