Francisco Cerundolo, Sebastián Báez, Tomás Etchevery and Mariano Navone said goodbye to the Queen’s ATP

Argentine tennis players Sebastián Báez (19th), Francisco Cerundolo (26th), Mariano Navone (29th) and Tomás Etcheverry (32nd) lost in their debut at the ATP 500 at Queen’s to American Tommy Paul (13th), Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz (2nd), British Jack Draper (31st) and local Billy Harris (162nd), respectively. The first to take the court was Báez, the best-placed Argentine in the ATP ranking. The Buenos Aires native, who was looking to recover after poor results in his last tournaments, could not impose his style against the complicated Paul, who won with a double 6-4 after 1 hour and 36 minutes. Later, Cerundolo fell to Alcaraz, who comes from winning Roland Garros and who last year won on grass at Queen’s and Wimbledon, 6-1 and 7-5. On the other hand, Tomás Etcheverry (32nd) suffered a tough defeat by 6-4, 3-6 and 6-3 against the British Billy Harris, a player who is more than 100 positions below him in the ranking. The last Argentine to take the court was Navone, who was playing an ATP tournament on grass for the first time. Although he had some good moments, the native of July 9 lost to the British Jack Draper (31st), recent champion of the Stuttgart tournament, by 6-3 and 6-2 in just 54 minutes of play.

Original source in Spanish