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The Córdoba Open got underway yesterday with the main draw qualifying matches. The day was carried out under strict safety and hygiene protocols due to the covid-19 pandemic.
In the third turn of the central court of Polo Deportivo Kempes located in the Cordovan capital, Leonardo Mayer (located in position 135 in the ATP ranking) fell to Tomás Etcheverry (230) by 7-6, 6-7 and 6 -3.
In the second turn of court 1, Agustín Velotti (390) took the first step in the classification by beating the Spanish Vilella Martínez (181) by 6-3 and 6-4. In the next instance the Corrientes will face the Chilean Marcelo Barrios Vera this Sunday.
AUSTRALIA OPEN
Serbian Novak Djokovic, world number one and with an overwhelming dominance in the Australian Open after having conquered it eight times, will face the Russian Daniil Medvedev today, who is going through the best moment of his career, in the final of the edition 2021 of the first Grand Slam of the year.
Djokovic (1) and Medvedev (4) will face each other starting at 5.30 (Argentina time) with televising of the Espn signal.
The Serbian has a collection of 17 Grand Slam titles and closely follows the record holders, the Swiss Roger Federer and the Spaniard Rafael Nadal, both with 20, and is also the absolute dominator in Australia where he played eight finals and won them all .
Still, Medvedev’s undefeated moment in his last 20 games, and the way he solved his semi-final against Stefanos Tsitsipas set off alarm bells for Nole.
The Russian closed the 2020 season with the titles of the Masters 1000 in Paris and the Masters in London, began 2021 with the conquest of the Melbourne ATP, and in the Grand Slam he resolved his matches without passing constraints, including the semi against Tsitsipas, to which He beat him in straight sets 6-4, 6-2 and 7-5.
In this context, the history between the two favors Djokovic by just one game (4-3) in personal confrontations, but the last time they found victory was for the Russian, in November last year in the group stage of the London Masters which he later won.
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