27/06/2024 14:48hs.
Era The last hope. While his compatriots began he turns it with his left foot and they could only stumble on the grass in each of the tournaments they had traveled to, there was a tennis player who was giving positive signs: Romanian Burruchaga (144th), who had passed two rounds in the qualifying Wimbledon and he was one step away from his second Grand Slam main draw (Roland Garros 2024, the previous one). However, this Thursday he ran into Otto Virtanen (149th), a very complex rival on the surface, and was defeated by 6-1, 6-2, 5-7 and 7-6 (4) on court 16 of the venue located in Roehampton. Thus, he was the last of the 12 Argentines who had participated in the preliminary phase of the English championship to be eliminated.
During the first two sets, the son of the 1986 world champion was outmatched. As if he had one gear less. His opponent, comfortable from the bottom, punished with both forehand and backhand and He hit 25 winners in that stretch alone (53 in total). In addition, she was firm with her serve (16 aces in the entire match) and, therefore, caused damage with the second ball.
Burruchaga was unable to get into the box.
For his part, the Argentinean could not find a way out and it seemed that he would say goodbye in three sets. However, He overcame a 2-4 deficit in the third quarter and extended the definition. By then, the match had been evenly matched and if the victory ended up falling into the hands of the European it was due to details. So much so that Virtanen saved a key break point at 3-4 in that set and then looked more convincing to close it out in the tiebreak.
In the first round of the competition, Genaro Olivieri (244th), Diego Shwartzman (185th), Nicolás Kicker (1,026th), Juan Pablo Ficovich (222nd), Camilo Ugo Carabelli (100th), Facundo Bagnis (124th), Pedro Cachín (117th), Martina Capurro (161st) and Solana Sierra (180th) had lost, while in the second round Marco Trungelliti (153rd) and Thiago Tirante (128th) had said goodbye.
Cerúndolo wants to put his two defeats at Queen’s and Eastbourne behind him and fight for Wimbledon. (Reuters)
The Argentines who enter the Wimbledon draw directly
Waiting for Friday draw, at 6 (it will be broadcast on the tournament’s official networks), there are a dozen national representatives. They are: Sebastián Báez (18°), Francisco Cerúndolo (27°), Tomás Etcheverry (31°), Mariano Navone (32°), Facundo Díaz Acosta (67°), Federico Coria (71°), Francisco Comesaña (121 °), Nadia Podoroska (65th), María Lourdes Carlé (86th) and Julia Riera (104th). In the previous events, none achieved a victory on the surface and some will even arrive without running.
2024-06-27 17:48:48
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