He started Masters 1000 de Indian Wells For Argentines. But he did it with two bad news: the defeats of Sebastián Báez y Tomás Etcheverry before the Italian Matteo Gigante and the Czech Jakub fascinates. The Platense, 45 of the ranking, lifted four match points In the second set-the first, with a help of the wind-but could not with the European, 57 °, who won 6-4 and 7-6 (8-6) in an hour and 52 minutes and extended the irregular present of his rival. A while later was the time for Báez Who could not with an opponent who had arrived from La Qualy and beat him 3-6, 6-1 and 6-4 in an hour and 58 minutes.
Etcheverry hit his duel against Messik, 19 and one of the revelations of last season, and with an early break he was 1-0. But the Czech matched the score (1-1) very quickly and took over that set at a closing to pure break (There were three in the last three games).
Mesik became 3-0 in the second, taking advantage of a too erratic beginning of Etcheverry. The Argentine shook the doubts and put himself again in a game, although in the 12th Game walked with the cornice, when he was 5-6 and 30-40 with his serve. But fortune gave him one more life.
In the middle of a point of intense ball, Tomy The ball was hit without much precision, which rose in the air and seemed to go outside; But the wind made his own and put it into play again. And shortly after the European was wrong and the platense was able to mark the 6-6 and force the tie break.
Etcheverry quickly saw 3-6 down the tiebreaker. However, he reacted, saved three other party points from his rival and leveled 6-6. But he could not in the fifth and Mesik sealed the triumph and got in the second round, where he will collide with the Russian Karen Khachanov, 22 ° preclassified.
The Platense did not start well on 2025. After a step for oblivion for the Australian Tour of Hard court -three victories and three losses -failed to show its best level in the brick dust tournaments of South America.
Lost in the debut in Buenos Aires Before the young Brazilian star JOAO FONSECAthen champion; He said goodbye in second round in Janeiro River When falling with Alexandre Müller; And although he played better in Santiago de Chileespecially in its second presentation, before Cristian Garínhe stayed in rooms to lose with Francisco closing it. And now he said goodbye too quickly from the first 1000 masters of the calendar.
Báez34 of the ranking, Tampóco could write down the first Argentine joy in Indian Wells in the duel against Italian Matteo Gigante217 ° and from the classification.
The Buenos Aires had a great South American Brick Dust Tour, in which he conquered his seventh title in Janeiro River -The second consecutive in the tournament and the second of his career in an ATP 500- and was a finalist in Santiago de Chile. However, he could not extend his great moment on the hard courts.
Meanwhile, Navone It debuts in the last turn of court 2, probably after midnight Argentina. El oriundo de 9 de Julio, 63° de la ATP, saltará a la cancha en el segundo turno de la sesión nocturna, que se abrirá con el choque entre McCartney Kessler y Anna Blinkovaat 23. His rival will be the American Learner Tien68 of the ranking and 19 years, which last week went to Alexander Zverev In the eighths of Acapulco.
Good premiere of Fonseca
One of the first victories of the day was to JOAO FONSECAthe new sensation of the ATP circuit, which was imposed by 6-2, 1-6 and 6-3 before the British Jacob Fearnley in his absolute debut in the Californian desert. The Brazilian, who conquered in Buenos Aires His first title, he received a wild card To play Indian Wells and started with a worked triumph on the central court of the Coachella Valley Complex.
The Carioca became 1-3 below in the third set, but took five games to the thread to cited in the second round against another British, Jack Draper13th favorite and semifinalist of the past of the US Open.
Fonseca increased his record record since December, including all levels and scored his second triumph in a 1000 Masters tournament, after the one he won last year in Madrid before the American Alex Michelsen.