The second day of Australian Open provided better news for the Argentine debutantes, with the triumphs of Diego Schwartzman and Sebastián Báez. Meanwhile, Juan Manuel Cerúndolo and Marcos Trungelliti joined the sextet of eliminated albicelestes.
Little Schwartzman, number 13 in the men’s ranking, advanced to the second round of the First Grand Slam of the season by Convincingly beat Serbian Filip Krajinovic (39th) 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 in two hours and 27 minutes of play, in a game that began on Monday night and ended around dawn in Argentina.
But it was not all easy for the porteño since in the third set he felt discomfort in his right thigh which forced assistance from one of the doctors and questioned its continuity.
El Peque will play in the next instance against local Christopher O’Connell (173rd), who gave the surprise against the Frenchman Hugo Gastón (67th) by 7-6 (4), 6-0, 4-6 and 6-1.
For its part, Sebastián Báez from Buenos Aires (95th) had a happy debut in the main draw of a Grand Slam by beating this Tuesday morning to the Spanish Albert Ramos-Vinolas (44th) by 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 1-6 and 6-2, in three hours and 26 minutes.
In this way, Báez, 21, will see in the next round none other than the Greek Stéfanos Tsitsipas (4th), who eliminated the Swedish Mikael Ymer (82nd) 6-2, 6-4 and 6-3.
On the side of the defeated, Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (80º) could not with the Czech Tomas Machac (123rd) and fell 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 and 6-2, after two hours and 56 minutes; while Marco Trungelliti (198th) from Santiago was eliminated by the American Frances Tiafoe (34th) by 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 3-6 and 6-2 in two hours and 55 minutes.
Cerúndolo and Trungelliti thus joined Federico Delbonis (42nd), Federico Coria (64th), Facundo Bagnis (71st) and Tomás Etcheverry (129th), who were eliminated on the first day of Open action.
The balance for the Argentines, culminating the first round, is then two wins and six losses.
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