Peque fell against American Jeffrey John Wolf 6-1, 6-4 and 6-4. The only Argentine in the third round was Francisco Cerúndolo.
The Argentinian Diego Schwartzman (25 in the ATP world ranking) lost this morning against the American Jeffrey John Wolf (66), 6-1, 6-4 and 6-4, in one hour and 43 minutes, and was eliminated in the second round of australia tomorrow.
Schwartzman entered the first Grand Slam of 2023 in poor condition as he suffered a muscle injury last week and had to withdraw from the Auckland tournament. Due to his physical disability, the 30-year-old from Buenos Aires had a lot of work to do to win the Oceanic Open opener against Ukrainian Oleksii Krutykh 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 and 7-6 in three hours and 55 minutes. .
Wolf, 24, is playing his first Australian Open but last season he had important victories over Holger Rune from Denmark and Denis Shapovalov from Canada. Today the American will play against his compatriot Michael Mmoh (109) who gave a surprise by defeating the German Alexander Zverer (13) 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 and 6-2.
Now the only Argentine who continues in the Australian Open is Francisco Cerundolo (30) who tomorrow will play in the second round against Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime (7).
Other notable matches from the second round of the Australian Open
Source: Tycsports
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