09/01/2021 1:59 PM
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Updated 09/01/2021 20:30
The last Argentine to take the field on Wednesday night is Diego Schwartzman, who appears at the start of the Louis Armstrong night session (with ESPN2 broadcast), against South African
Kevin Anderson
.
The
Peque
, 14th in the world and eleventh favorite, won in his first match against the Lithuanian
Ricardas Berankis
(96th) in three sets by 7-5, 6-3 and 6-3 and seeks to reach the third round of the New York Grand Slam.
Bagnis and a milestone in his personal history
The rain caused by remnants of Hurricane Ida, which hit the Gulf Coast of the United States over the weekend, was present this Wednesday in New York and occasionally stole the spotlight on the third day of competition of the US Open. Because it complicated the normal development of the games on the minor courts, as happened with the Argentine duel between Facundo Bagnis and
Marco Trungelliti
, which the Rosario won 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 6-3 and 6-3 to get into the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time.
Bagnis, 79th in the world, and Trungelliti, 198th and from qualifying, were only able to jump onto the pitch one hour after the originally set time for the start of the match. And they did not get to play a set before the rain forced a momentary suspension, when the santiagueño served 5-6. Finally, bad weather gave a truce and the competition resumed.
In a very even duel, the Santa Fe had to work hard to win the opening set in the tie break.
With a very good tennis level and a timely break in the tenth game (he had broken each other before in the sixth and seventh), the Santiago native equalized the match.
But Bagnis was able to control his nerves and raise the level of his tennis, in addition to taking advantage of a physical slump from his compatriot, to take the last two chapters and seal the victory in two hours and 58 minutes.
Bagnis, who had debuted with a solid defeat by a triple 6-3 and in two hours and two minutes against the Japanese
Taro Daniel
(109 °), will now collide with the Dutch
Botic van der Zandschulp
, 117 °, who beat him 3- 6, 6-4, 6-3 and 6-4 to Norwegian
Casper Ruud
, eighth seed.
Pella wants to get into the third round of a Major for the first time this season.
Photo Grant Halverson / Getty Images / AFP
On the other hand, at the Louis Armstrong Stadium, Guido Pella (84th) fell 6-1, 6-2 and 7-5 to American
Frances Tiafoe
(51st).
The North American started more solid with the serve and more aggressive and took the initial set in 27 minutes and the second in 34.
The Bahianse, who was looking to get into the third round of a Major for the first time this season, gave a little more battle in the third set, but did not reach him and said goodbye to the New York tournament.
He leaves with his only smile on his debut, when he beat Serbian
Filip Krajinovic
(38th) 6-7 (2-7), 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.
The day of Tuesday left a record of three defeats in the same number of matches for the light blue and white tennis.
Nadia Podoroska, 37th in the world, fell 6-4, 1-6 and 6-3 to Belgian
Greet Minnen
, 104th in the ranking and who entered the box as a lucky loser after falling in the last round of qualifying.
Federico Delbonis (47th) lost 6-2, 6-2 and 6-3 with Canadian
Denis Shapovalov
, seventh seed, and Federico Coria (62nd), 6-3, 6-2 and 6-2 with the French
Gael Monfils
(20th).
Medvedev, to the third round without perspiring
In one of the most outstanding matches of the day, the Russian Daniil Medvedev (second seed) defeated the German
Dominic Koepfer
(57th)
without many problems
by 6-4, 6-1 and 6-2 in just one hour and 48 minutes of play.
Medvedev x New York 🥰 @ DaniilMedwed defeats Koepfer for the second time in three years at the #USOpen, this time to a standing ovation.
pic.twitter.com/kp3UDSl770
- US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 1, 2021
The world number two, who is looking for his first big title (he was a finalist in New York in 2019 and in Australia this year), will now collide with Pablo Andújar, who beat German 6-4, 6-3 and 6-1 Philipp Kohlschreiber.
On the other hand, Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, third-seeded and another of Novak Djokovic's threats in the pursuit of his 21st Grand Slam, will close Wednesday's action at Arthur Ashe against Frenchman
Adrian Mannarino.
Japan's Naomi Osaka entered the third round without playing after the retirement of Serbian
Olga Danilovic
, who dropped out of the tournament before her clash with the world number two for a viral picture, not related to the coronavirus.
