The team led by Gisela Dulko lost the points of Carlé against Vekic and Cerúndolo against Coric, so after the fall in France they will not be able to access the next stage.
Argentina lost this Saturday the first two points of the series against Croatia for the United Cup tennis, the mixed team tournament that formally opens the 2023 season, two weeks before the first big event of the year: the Australian Open. The United Cup takes place in Sydney, Perth and Brisbane with 18 mixed national teams divided into six zones.
At the Perth head office, María Lourdes Carlé lost to Donna Vekic 6-0, 6-4 and then Francisco Cerúndolo was unable to beat Borna Coric, who prevailed 7-5, 6-4, in the matches corresponding to the second date of Group F.
The key to the Croats will close this Sunday in the clashes Nadia Podoroska vs. Petra Martic; Federico Coria vs. Borna Gojo and Vekic-Coric vs. Podoroska-Cerundolo.
Argentina lost 5-0 to France in their first match of the tournament, which with new defeats left him no chance of reaching the final round as the zone winner.
Nadal and Zverev, lost in their debuts
At the Ken Rosewall Arena in Sydney, for Group D, the Spanish Rafael Nadal lost to Britain’s Cameron Norrie, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Nadal, 36, who recently became a father, made his debut in the season, with the first goal being to defend the title won in the first Grand Slam played in Melbourne.
On the other hand, the German Alexander Zverev, Former world number 2, he fell short in his return to the ATP circuit after a serious ankle injury he suffered in June at Roland Garros in Paris. He lost 6-4, 6-2 to Czech Jiri Lehecka.
Source: Tycsports
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