Albiceleste action continued this Wednesday at the US Open with mixed luck for the legion: while Facundo Bagnis defeated Marco Trungelliti in the Argentine duel and won the ticket to the third round of the fourth and last Grand Slam of the year, Guido pella He fell to the American Frances Tiafoe and was eliminated from the competition, although he received a recognition that exceeds sports: in the networks, thanked the Bahiense for wearing a wristband with the LGBTQ + flag.
Meanwhile, the 14th in the world and highest ranked in the legion, Diego schwartzman, It was measured with the South African Kevin Anderson from the 20 of our country to ensure his passage in the next instance but After staying with a close first set 7-6 (4) and going 1-0 ahead in the second, the match was suspended due to rain despite the stadium being roofed.
The day, for now, only allowed him to celebrate Bagnis, in a confrontation that guaranteed the Argentine presence in the third round. The one born in Rosario but raised in Armstrong beat Trungelliti from Santiago de Cuba 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 6-3 and 6-3 and advanced in the contest that takes place on concrete fields in New York.
Bagnis, located in position 80 of the world ranking of the ATP, seized the duel between Argentines, in a changing match that took three hours and a minute of confrontation, to reach the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career. Trungelliti, number 198, had entered the main draw after breaking through qualification.
In the next instance, Bagnis will face the Dutch Botic Van de Zandschulp, ranked 117, who this Wednesday surprised with an unexpected victory. The Argentine will be able to be certain that he will have a hard confrontation against whom eliminated neither more nor less than the Norwegian Casper Ruud, number 11 in the world, champion of the Argentina Open in 2020 and winner of four titles this year: Geneva, Bastad, Gstaad and Kitzbuhel. Van de Zandschulp he defeated it 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 and 6-4.
Pella showed the rainbow
To Pella (85º), also a member of the Argentine Davis Cup team, he had to say goodbye to the Grand Slam, after losing to the local Tiafoe (50º) by a resounding 6-1, 6-2 and 7-5 on the court Louis Armstrong. The Argentine tried to react in the third set and evened the game, but the American kept his service in the twelfth game to make it 7-5, stay with the last set and sentence the match after an hour and 54 minutes of action. . The Maryland-born will now face Russian top ten Andrey Rublev (7th), who beat Spanish Pedro MartÃnez (75) 7-6 (7-2), 6-7 (5-7), 6-1 and 6- 1 on this same day.
Pella’s New York performance, however, was recognized for reasons that go beyond sporting: the one born in BahÃa Blanca played against the local with a wristband with the flag of the LGBTQ + collective and from social networks they thanked him for the gesture in order to make their struggles visible.
The action carried out by the Argentine is framed in an unprecedented and special day, “in which the United States Tennis Association (USTA)” celebrates and welcomes the LGBTQ + community to the first ‘Open Pride Day’ “, as explained on the official website of the tournament . The motto could not be clearer: “Be Open” which means “be open”.
Schwartzman vs. Anderson
After the farewells of Federico Coria (62º), Federico Delbonis (47º) and Nadia Podoroska (37º), who were eliminated in the first round, the US Open will see in action the other Argentine who is still continuing his adventure in the Grand Slam: Diego Schwartzman. The Buenosairean dodged the opening round with a triumph over Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis (96th) in straight sets and will appear again against South African server Anderson (77th), in a game scheduled for 20 on the Louis Armstrong court, the second largest in the Billie Jean King National Tennis complex, in the New York neighborhood of Queen’s.
In case of advancing to the third round, Schwartzman will play in that instance against Slovak Axel Molcan (138th), who beat local Brandon Nakashima (84th) by 6-3, 3-6, 1-6, 6-2 and 6-4. The quarterfinals in the 2017 and 2019 editions are the best memory of the tournament for the Argentine, number one of the Davis Cup team that will host Belarus on September 18 and 19 in Buenos Aires. The illusion of improving his memories in New York melts in this land, screen through, with the enthusiasm of accompanying the second Argentine remaining in the Grand Slam that begins to say goodbye in 2021.
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