Máximo González and Andrés Molteni They qualified for the quarterfinals in the doubles tournament of the Australian Open, after beating the American couple Nathaniel Lammons-Jackson Withrow 7-6 (5), 3-6 and 7-6 (10-5) in the third round. This victory allowed them to be among the eight best pairs of the first Grand Slam of the tennis season for the first time.
González (40 years old) and Molteni (35), the sixth seeded couple in the competition in Melbourne, were quarterfinalists at Roland Garros and the US Open last year. In the next round, the Argentines will try to reach the semifinals against the duo made up of the Indian Rohan Bopanna and the Australian Matthew Ebden, second favorites of the tournament.
Molteni and Machi advance in Australia.
Horacio Zeballos, with the Spanish Marcel Granollers, were eliminated after losing to the German duo Yannick Hanfmann-Dominik Koepfer 7-6 (5), 6-7 (3) and 6-4. González Zeballos will be the members of the Argentine doubles in the series against Kazakhstan for the Davis Cup Qualifiers, which will be played at the Jockey Club of Rosario between February 3 and 4.
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This duel has generated a lot of expectation and, according to the Argentine Tennis Association (AAT), in just two days since it went on sale, all tickets were sold out. The team will arrive in Rosario on Tuesday the 30th to begin training prior to the tie. The team’s foundation is similar to the one that defeated Lithuania 4-0 last September in Buenos Aires.
The captain of the Argentine team, Guillermo Coria, selected Francisco Cerúndolo (number 21 in the ATP ranking), Sebastián Báez (29) and Tomás Etcheverry (32) for the individual duels. The Asian team has as its star player Alexander Bublik, ranked 27th ATP, and there will also be Beibit Zhukayev, Denis Yevseyev, Timofey Skatov and Aleksandr Nedovyesov.
2024-01-22 16:06:38
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