El Peque, who is ranked 25th in the world ranking, will only determine tomorrow if he will participate in the first Grand Slam of the season.
Diego Schwartzman conditioned their participation in australia tomorrowfirst grand slam of the year, on the mend of an injury that forced him to withdraw from the ATP in Auckland, New Zealand, on Wednesday.
El Peque, one of 9 Argentines who reached the individual draw of the tournament in Melbourne, is suffering from a muscle strain in his left legwhich has prevented him from intense training since he arrived in the city in the state of Victoria.
“I thought the study would leave me directly, but they are better than I expected. From there to being able to play on Tuesday, there’s still a long way to go. Tomorrow I will try a little more and make a decision depending on what I am“, he explained to the AFP news agency.
Schwartzman, who scheduled his debut with Ukrainian Oleksii Krutykh, from the qualifying tournament, will assess the risk of being torn if he has to play five sets as required by majors matches on the professional circuit. “It depends on how I feel and how much pain I can bear“, warning.
The 30-year-old Argentine, number 25 in the ATP rankings, is outside the top 20 for the first time since 2017 and enters his ninth Australian Open ranked 23rd. ranked by defeat of world number 1, Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, and Croatian Marin Cilic (17). His best performance in the tournament was when he reached the round of 16, in 2018 and 2020.
The matches of the Argentine tennis players on the first day of the Australian Open
Source: Tycsports
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