Argentine tennis players Francisco Cerúndolo, Tomás Etcheverry and Mariano Navone lost to Greeks Stefanos Tsitsipas, American Ben Shelton and Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic, respectively, and were eliminated from the ATP 500 in Basel and Vienna.
Navone was the first to take the court, the same Argentine from Vienna, who could not stand against Kecmanovic and fell comfortably 6-2, 6-4.
In any case, he closes a season in which he made great progress and will start 2025 with very good expectations.
Then it was Etcheverry’s turn, who couldn’t make it too difficult for the young Shelton, who used the power of his shots to win 6-3, 6-4.
Etcheverry, 25, is still unable to capitalize on his tennis potential which he showed last year at Roland Garros, where he reached the semi-finals.
Despite being very solid from the back of the court, he always leaves feeling that he doesn’t have the last shot to take the step forward against competitors of this caliber.
The other Argentine who played this Tuesday in Basel, the land of Roger Federer, is Cerúndolo, who could not take advantage of his opportunities and lost 6-3, 6-7 (3) and 7 -6 (4) against Stefanos of Greece. Tsitsipas, despite not being at his best (he’s not even in the top 10), knew how to reach Grand Slam finals and was ranked number 3 in the world.
“Fran” came back from a bad set and took control in the third. He reached 6-5 for the match and in the tie break he was 4-2, although he made several unforced errors and lost 7-4.
Wednesday will be the first time in the Swiss capital for Sebastián Báez, who will face the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime.
2024-10-22 23:52:00
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