He took another firm step. Guido Pella (308th) entered Wimbledon with a protected ranking and had a very tough draw. He beat Croatian Borna Coric (14th in the world) and now got a ticket to the third round in the third Grand Slam of the season.
Pella lifted and went to the third round at Wimbledon. Getty Images
Pella, 2016 Davis Cup champion, took to the field again, this time to face Harold Mayot (181st), who came to the main draw from the qualy. Once again, the man born in Argentina 33 years ago returned to get a plate on the British lawn and beat the Frenchman 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3) and 7-5.
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The first two sets were with marked differences for both players. In the first, the European tennis prevailed, while the Argentine showed his credentials in the second. The parity appeared definitively in the third set, where neither of them gave up serve, until 5-5, when Pella managed to break, although he could not close the set because the Frenchman recovered and took the definition to the tiebreak.
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In the tiebreaker, the left-hander from Bahía took advantage again and sealed it 7-3 to go up on the scoreboard and add extra pressure to the French-born tennis player. However, far from loosening up, Mayot broke from the start in the set, although Pella always stayed close, he managed to equalize at a key moment in the game and was finally able to win.
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Pella, a member of the quartet that won the only Davis Cup for Argentina, in 2016, always as a visitor and in the final in Croatia, recovered from an injury, was a father and now he is fighting again on the circuit.
The Argentine will have a good opportunity to continue advancing, since in the next round he will face the Russian Roman Safiulin (92nd), who beat another Frenchman in three sets, Corentin Moutet (72nd) and is for the first time in the third wheel of a Grand Slam.
2023-07-06 17:30:00
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