Thomas Etcheverry This Sunday he will play the ATP 250 final in Santiago, the first final of his career on the circuit. At the end of the South American tour of slow courts, Argentine tennis once again included its player in the definition of a tournament, as happened in Córdoba with Sebastián Báez (champion) and Federico Coria. Now, it was the man from La Plata who reached the deciding match and will face the Chilean Nicholas Jarry.
Báez was Etcheverry’s very own rival, who beat him 7-5 and 6-3. From start to finish, the winner showed tremendous concentration and was always intent on showcasing the best of his repertoire: the combination of service and guidance. He was relentless with his serve, so much so that he didn’t give his opponent a single chance to break.
At the beginning of the match the loser was even stronger in his serve games -in the first three rounds he lost only one point-, but Etcheverry never gave up and at 6-5 he had his chances to break. Only in the fifth was he able to keep Báez’s serve and so he was left with the first set.
In the second game Etcheverry continued to lead against a Báez who again gave up his serve in the fourth game. At that moment came the unknown: Would Etcheverry resist the pressure of feeling that victory was indeed at hand? Or would the nerves come from the latent possibility? Etcheverry continued with the same aplomb, never faltering in his service games and was finally victorious on his second match point and after an hour and 38 minutes.
“The first set was very close and it was only in the second that I was able to show my best tennis when I broke it,” said Etcheverry.
The winner is only one step away from completing the dream week of his life. “It’s amazing to have reached my first final,” she said. In the round of 16 he had already achieved the best victory of his career against Francisco Cerúndolo and the victory in the semifinals will put him at least in the top 60 for the first time in his career starting tomorrow.
Top 200 in June 2021, top 100 in April last year and owner of a modern game and an enviable physique for tennis, Etcheverry arrives from 2022 with intense activity on the challenger circuit, where he played 57 matches with 41 victories . Now established at the highest level, he will look for the desired title to confirm that, at 23, he is one of the important players of the new Argentine generation.
Source: Clarin
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