Another day of tennis took place at the first Grand Slam of the year and on the third day of competition the first Argentine victories took place in Australia.
Facundo Díaz Acosta, Tomás Etcheverry and Francisco Cerúndolo They are the only ones to continue the race in Melbourne after their respective victories in the first round.
The bad news is that the rest of those who took the field were eliminated: Camilo Ugo Carabelli, Federico Coria, Julia Riera and María Lourdes Carlé joined the list that Seba Báez, Navone and Nadia Podoroska had started.
The first victory came from Francisco Cerúndolo, who swept Alexander Bublik in three sets 7-6, 6-3 and 6-2 in just under two hours of play.
An auspicious start for Fran who got rid of a always difficult rival and will now face an Argentinian duel with Facundo Díaz Acosta, the other winner of the day.
On court 14, Díaz Acosta defeated Belgian Zizou Bergs in a terrific four-hour match 6-7, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 and 6-4.
First victory in Australia for the 73rd in the ranking and the other protagonist of the clash of Argentine rackets in the second round.
The third was Tomás Etcheverry, who beat the Italian Flavio Cobolli (32nd) 6-7(8), 6-3, 7-5 and 6-1 in more than three and a half hours of play.
Good performance from the man from La Plata during his fourth experience in Australia after losing the first set with a strong comeback.
Tomy will face the American Marcos Giron, with whom he has only one history and it was a defeat in 2022.
-Camilo Ugo Carabelli, Federico Coria and Francisco Comesaña n’ont pas pu pass the first round and say goodbye to Australia.
Coria lost to American Boyer 3-6, 7-6, 6-4, 5-7 and 6-1.
La Mojarra fell in the first round in Australia for the fifth consecutive time.
Camilo Ugo Carabelli also reached the fifth set but after four hours of play he was beaten by American Learner Tien 6-4, 6-7, 3-6, 7-5 and 4-6.
The 94th in the world was close to his first victory in Australia but did not succeed in the face of the enthusiasm of the young man from Qualy.
Comesaña said goodbye after losing to the German Daniel Altmaier in another duel played in five sets of three hours and 25 minutes by 2-6, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4 and 4-6.
Without Argentinians in the women’s team
Like Nadia Podoroska, Julia Riera and Lourdes Carlé, they were also excluded from R1 of the Australian Open.
After the feat which meant surpassing the ranking, Juli Riera had a great match against the Brazilian Haddad Maia but lost 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.
Lourdes Carlé, for her part, was eliminated by the American Amanda Anisimova by 2-6 and 3-6 in 1h17.
