The woman from Santa Fe, who finished 101st in the WTA rankings and entered the semi-finals in 2020, was the first member of the Argentine Legion to make her main-draw debut and beat homegrown Ponchet. Alportino makes his Grand Slam debut. Televisa ESPN 2.
The semi-finals of Roland Garros In 2020, Argentina Nadia Podorowska103rd in the WTA rankings, kicked off the 2023 edition this Sunday with A.J resounding victory about the French Jessica Ponchet (123 degrees) to meet again in the best way with the brick dust of the second Grand Slam tournament of the season.
It was 6-0 and 6-2 for Rosario on court 14 of the Parisian court, to jump her way back to the place where she achieved her greatest successes, because in addition to the semi-finals, she agreed to the doubles in 2021.
Wearing sunglasses and a hat, the Argentinean woman, on a sunny morning, finished her duel in an hour and two minutes, with five out of seven chances against an opponent who had two and missed.
“I was very focused, it was a flawless game from the start which always helps to open up a tournament like this. With every player a game plan, I knew if I played heavy on that surface it would be good for me.”Podoroska explained in remarks to ESPN, while waiting to meet his next rival who will leave Greece Maria Scary (8) and Russian Carolina Muchova (42).
Born in Rosario, 36th in the world in 2021, she landed in Paris with a record of 16 matches won and 13 lost in 2023 with the WTA 125 title in Cali as her best result.
Podorowska, which was entrusted to him at the end of 2022 Clarion Her formula of “starting from scratch” after collapsing with a nagging injury is the only Argentine representative on the women’s team, in contrast to the 10 members of the Albiceleste Legion who will be starting the men’s team.
The first to jump onto the field, and the only one to jump this Sunday at around 8:30 am (Argentina time), is the porteño Facundo Diaz Acosta (137 degrees). The left-hander entered the main draw as one of the “lucky losers” in the final qualifying round and will face the Australian Jason Cobbler (68).
The Argentine comes from winning rivals in Savannah in the United States and Oeiras in Portugal, and if he succeeds in his absolute debut in one of the four Grand Slams, he will face the winner in the summit duel between the Italian. Fabio Fognini (130 degrees) and CAD Felix Auger Eliassime (The tenth).
The rest of the Argentines had mixed fortunes in the main draw. Francisco Sirondolo23 and my favourite, Albiceleste, will collide with Spanish Jaume Munnar (77) In the first round. Sebastian Baez (44) He will face the French Gail Moonves (386 degrees). Thomas Echeverry (46 degrees) with the British Jack Draper (60 degrees); Pedro Cashin (63rd place) against the Austrian Dominic Tim (91st and finalist in 2018 and 2019); Diego Schwartzman (93), in Spanish Bernabé Zapata MirallesThirty-second seed. Frederick Corea (94) He will play with the Croatian Borna CouricSeed XVI. And Guido Bella (421, last entered by a protected order), with the French Quentin Hales (87 degrees).
The other two to make Grand Slam debuts will be from La Plata Thiago Tirante (153, which will debut against the Dutch Van de Zandsholb Pharmacy (30) And the Bragadians Gennaro Oliveri (227) Measured by the French Giovanni Mpechi Pericar (233).
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