El Peque fell twice, 6-4 against Australian Alex De Miñaur and bid farewell to the opening round of the Swiss competition.
This is debut and farewell for Diego Schwartzman within Basel ATP 500. Argentine tennis player, No. 104 in the world, He was eliminated after losing 6-4 and 6-4 against Australian Alex De MinaurNo. 13 in the ATP ranking and fifth seed in the event held in Switzerland.
He Small He could not impose conditions and, after an hour and 46 minutes of play, he bowed out in the opening round. It was his third straight match against his ocean rival, having beaten him at Queen’s and Tokyo, both this season.
Today, the Basel Open has only two representatives of the albiceleste. Is about Sebastian Baez (29), who started yesterday on the right foot after defeating Australian Christopher O’Connell (61) 6-7, 6-4 and 6-3 in 2 hours and 20 minutes of play, and Tomás Etcheverry (32 ), who won 6-3, 1-6 and 6-3 against American Sebastián Korda.
In the round of 16, the man from Buenos Aires will face the winner of the Norwegian match Holger Rune (6), first seeded, and the Serbian Miomar Kecmanovic (55), while the man from La Plata will do the same in Andy Murray (40).
The four Argentines who became Basel ATP 500 champions
- 1978: Guillermo Vilas
- 2022: David Nalbandian
- 2003: Guillermo Coria
- 2012 and 2013: Juan Martín del Potro
Source: Tycsports
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