This Monday the doors of Roland Garros, the second Grand Slam of the year, which has a great Argentine presence. On the first day of qualy, six Argentines jumped onto the courts of the complex located in the Bois de Boulogne to try to reach a place in the main draw. Five of them, fortunately, stepped forward. And there will be five, including Diego Schwartzman, who will begin their adventure this Tuesday. But better to go in parts.
Among the men there were four joys and one sadness. Marco Trungelliti170th in the world, was in charge of opening the day for the albiceleste legion and did so with a very good victory over the Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas by 6-0 and 7-6. His next opponent will be the Canadian Gabriel Diallowho was the executioner of Genaro Alberto Olivieri, 191st, the only Argentine who tasted defeat on this initial day. And he didn’t make it easy for him because he fought for three sets to succumb 7-5, 6-7 (7) and 6-1.
For its part, Facundo Bagnis, 119th in the world ranking, gave a show of strength by beating Chilean Tomás Barrios Vera in straight sets, silver medalist at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games, 6-3 and 6-2. The experienced Rosario player will face off in the second round with John Manuel Certainly167th in the world and champion of the 2021 Córdoba Open, who eliminated the Kazakh Beibit Zhukayev from the race 6-4, 6-3.
In the women’s team, meanwhile, there was plenty of smiles. Julia Riera, 93rd in the world, won with a comfortable 6-0 and 6-2 over the Serbian Natalija Stevanovic. The woman from Pergamin will compete for a place in the third round against the French Harmony Tan, 26 years old and 233rd in the WTA ranking, who left the German Nastasja Schunk on the road 6-7 (3), 7-6 ( 6) and 6-3 in more than three and a half hours of play.
followed in his footsteps Solana Sierrawho fought and came back against the Ukrainian Kateryna Kozlova to take the match 1-6, 7-5 and 6-3 and will now face the Australian Olivia Gadecki, who won 7-6 (4) and 6-1 to the American McCartney Kessler.
This Tuesday will be the turn of the debut in the classification for the rest of the Argentines. All eyes will be on Diego Schwartzman, today 142nd in the world and a semifinalist in Paris in 2020, who will be measured in the first round against the Austrian Lukas Neumayer. It will also have action Roman Andrés Burruchaga145th in the ranking, that will test the Chinese Shang Juncheng. Later, Camilo Ugo Carabelli170th in the world, will face the Spanish Bernabé Zapata Mirallés (178th).
There will also be two other Argentinian women who will try to emulate Riera and Sierra. Martina Capurro Taboada162nd, will collide with the Canadian Rebecca Marino (164th) and Paula Ormaechea She will face the Romanian Cristina Dinu.
Thiem, without a wild card, looks for his place
Among the notable names of the qualy, appears that of Dominic Thiem. Located at 117th place in the ranking, the Austrian is experiencing a situation similar to that of Schwartzman. The former world number three and finalist twice in Paris (2018 and 2019) warned that 2024 will mark his retirement. Thus, after not receiving an invitation to enter the main draw, he will have, like the Littleto find their place in the previous phase.
The Austrian made his debut this Monday against the Argentine nationalized Italian Frank Agamemenon, 234°. It was 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 for the former world number three. His next meeting will be with the Finn Otto Virtanen, 158th in the world.
“Let’s try it one more time“Schwartzman wrote in English (“Let’s try one more time“) on his social networks along with a photo in which he is seen with Thiem at Roland Garros after a shared training session. “Let’s go“, responded, in Spanish, the Austrian.
All French Grand Slam qualifying matches can be seen live on Star+.
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