Jun 26, 2024, 09:46 ET
“Grass is for cows,” immortalized Guillermo Vilas when consulted about its negative results on grass. Although they reached the quarterfinals in 1975 and 1976 in London, He never managed to improve those performances again. So that another Argentine tennis player can have a great performance in Wimbledon We had to wait almost three decades. in 2002 David Nalbandian, At only 20 years old, he surprised and reached a historic and unparalleled final. Today that is almost seen, almost in black and white.
In 2024, Argentine tennis did not register any victory in the run-up to the third Grand Slam on the fastest surface of all.
If we break them down one by one, most of them are probably logical but no less striking. For example, Francisco Cerúndolo (even winner of the title at Eastbourne 2023) lost to Carlos Alcaraz at Queen’s (it was his first match as Roland Garros champion) and to Marcos Giron in the tournament he was defending.
Sebastián Báez lost to Tommy Paul (later champion) at Queen’s and to Miomir Kecmanovic at Eastbourne, tournament where he started in the round of 16 as seeded.
Mariano Navone He could not beat Jack Draper (the champion of the ATP 250 in Stuttgart) or the unknown Giles Hussey in Eastbourne; Meanwhile, Thomas Etcheverry lost with the local Billy Harris in Queen’s and Juncheng Shang in Eastbourne (19 years old, passed the qualification).
Furthermore, the “black” list is expanded with two more parties that correspond to different classifications: Francisco Comesaña failed with Charles Broom in the Eastbourne Qualy and Hernán Casanova with Daniel Masur in Mallorca.
