On a Monday of premieres for Argentines at the US Open, so much Diego Diego Schwartzman What Facundo Bagnis They left victorious of their games for the first round and guaranteed their presence in the second phase of the Grand Slam that takes place in the United States.
Schwartzman, number 14 in the ATP world rankings and eleventh seed in New York, prevailed after two hours and 21 minutes of play, after recovering from a difficult start. The Argentine managed to improve in time to beat Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis in straight sets, 7-5, 6-3 and 6-3, and thus seal a good start in a tournament in which He will try to overcome the barrier of the quarterfinals, an instance that he reached twice: in 2017 and in 2019.
The first parcal It was very even despite the good start of Schwartzman with the partial 2-0. From there, the best national representative made mistakes that Berankis took advantage of, forcing his forehand shot and balancing the game. The Buenos Aires tennis player recovered just before putting that first set at risk: he was 6-5 but 0-40 with his serve when he obtained all the remaining points for 7-5, based on good services and better defense.
The 29-year-old tennis player walked the ledge at times, but he managed to recover in his first match against the Lithuanian and, after that first set, victory began to be on the way for him. He was able to take advantage of unforced errors by Berankis to take the second set 6-3, with greater effectiveness in the first service, and maintained the level in the third. Schwartzman will now face the winner of the cross between Czech Jiri Vesely (89th) and South African server Kevin Anderson (75th).
Earlier, Bagnis had become the first Argentine to access the second round, after his great triumph over the Japanese Taro Daniel with a triple 6-3. The Santa Fe, number 80 in the ranking, needed two hours and two minutes to complete the victory against the Asian, 109, with a convincing game in which he could be observed very concentrated and fast at each point so as not to give up options. His next rival will come out of the confrontation between Marco Trungelliti from Santiago (198th) and Spanish Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (33rd).
Legion action at the US Open continues: Marco Trungelliti and Guido Pella will play this afternoon, while Federico Coria, Federico Delbonis and Nadia Podoroska will debut this Tuesday.
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