Four days before the start, the main draw of the last Grand Slam of the year was drawn. With Francisco Cerúndolo and Tomás Etcheverry as leaders of the series, there are nine confirmed Argentines.
Next Monday the last Grand Slam of the year begins. Looking at the beginning of US Opennow drew the main draw, with the presence of nine Argentines and the possibility of another four.
Francisco Cerundolo (20°) and Thomas Etcheverry (32nd), both seeded, They will meet players from Qualy, to cross paths with a compatriot. Federico Coria, Francisco Comesaña and Thiago Tirante are just one match away from entering the first round of the tournament played in New York.
Sebastian Baezcurrently 42nd in the world ranking, will debut against Croatian Borna Coric and Pedro Cachín against American Ben Shelton. Although, one of the remaining matches at the beginning of the tournament in USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is the duel between Facundo Díaz Acosta and John Isnerthe former local top ten who announced his retirement after his participation.
On the favorite side, Carlos Alcaraz will begin his title defense against German Domink Koepfer, and can cross over to Guido Pella in the second round. While Novak Djokovic will also do the same against Frenchman Alexandre Muller.
For the female branch, Nadia Podoroskacurrently number 71 in the WTA rankings, is the only Argentine in the main draw and will face Chinese Qinwen Zheng. Julia Riera is another national tennis player who has a chance to enter the first round.
The Argentine fixture in the first round of the US Open
- Francisco closing it (20°) vs. Qualification 14
- Thomas Etcheverry (32°) vs. Qualification 1
- Sebastian baez (42°) vs. Croatian Borna Coric (27th)
- Peter cache (66°) vs. American Ben Shelton (46th)
- facundo Diaz Acosta (93rd) against American John Isner (158th)
- Juan Manuel closing it (100°) vs. Bulgarian Ilya Ivashka (99th)
- Diego schwartzmann (116°) vs. French Arthur Rinderknech (73rd)
- man lump (210°) vs. South Africa’s Lloyd Harris (178th)
- Nadia Podoroska (71st) against Chinese Qinwen Zheng (23rd)
Source: Tycsports
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