The Ecuadorian tennis player emilio gomez He already has a rival in the first round of the Australian Open main draw. It’s about croatian Marin Čilić, number 29 in the ATP ranking.
Gómez and Čilić will meet next Monday, January 17, at a time yet to be defined.
The European tennis player reached this instance directly, while the compatriot did so after overcoming three qualifying phases or ‘qualy’. On January 10 he won the German Nicola Kuhn, with a double 6-4. Then, on January 12, he defeated the American Mitchell Krueger by 6-3 and 7-5. And on Thursday, January 13, he beat the Italian Thomas Fabbiano by 7-5, 4-6 and 6-3.
Al main draw del @AustralianOpen with enormous satisfaction but wanting more. #let’ssss pic.twitter.com/RubI0PpfIJ
– Emilio Gomez (@ emiliogomez91) January 14, 2022
Gómez, number 155 in the ATP ranking, is Ecuador’s number one racket and will play the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year. The guayaquileño he is the third national to achieve this milestone. Before, they just did Andres Gomez Y Nicolas Lapentti as confirmed to this newspaper Kenny Castro, journalist specialized in tennis.
His 33-year-old rival stands out for having been ranked 10th in the ATP ranking at the beginning of 2010. In addition, in 2014 he won the US Open after beating Tomáš Berdych (Czech Republic) in the quarterfinals, against Roger Federer (Switzerland) in the semi-finals and Kei Nishikori (Japan) in the final.
Attention! the croatian #MarinCilic #29 in the world and champion of the #USOpen 2014, finalist #AusOpen 2018 is the rival of Emilio Gómez (155) in the 1st R of the #AustralianOpen
Day and time of the match to be confirmed #EmilioGómez #KCtenis
???? @dinophotosport and Armando Prado/Ch Quito pic.twitter.com/zApkpnKMHp— Kenny Castro (@kennycastrog) January 14, 2022
