Australian Open, day 4: what time do Fran Cerúndolo, Seba Báez, Tomás Etcheverry and Nadia Podoroska play in Melbourne

Continue the Australian Open and this Tuesday evening (and early Wednesday morning) the second round will begin to be played, both men’s and women’s, with the representation of Argentine tennis players who want to advance to the first Grand Slam of the season.

Starting from 9pm (Argentine time), opening of the ‘Arena 1573’ day, Sebastian Baez, ranked 29th in the world rankings, he will be the protagonist of the day’s South American clash against the Colombian Daniel Galán (87th), trying to reach the third round of a tournament for the second time in his career. Greater (he succeeded at the 2023 US Open, when he lost to the Russian Daniil Medvedev).

The native of Billinghurst, Buenos Aires province, overcame his debut after the abandonment of the American Jeffrey John Wolf when the fourth set was being played and arrives fresh with energy for his next match. The coffee tennis player, meanwhile, had to struggle for four hours and 59 minutes to overcome the playoff from the 5th set to the local Jason Kubler.

At the same time, Nadia Podoroskathe only representative of Argentine tennis among women, On court 17 she will face Amanda Anisimova. The American is at number 442 in the WTA rankings, having been away from the circuit for much of 2023 to prioritize her mental health, but she is a rival to fear.

Anisimova became the world’s 21st in 2019 and proved her credentials on Sunday by beating 13th-seeded Russian Liudmila Samsonova 6-3, 6-4. Podoroska, for her part, had a crushing debut (6-1 and 6-0) against Slovenian Tamara Zidansek and promises to give battle.

Also at 9pm, the man from Mar del Plata Horace Zeballos paired with the Spaniard Marcel Granollers, finalist of Wimbledon and the Masters Tournament last season, they will make their debut in the doubles draw at Melbourne Park against the Americans Evan King and Reese Stalder on court 17.

After, Francisco Cerúndolo (21st), first Argentine racket, will face the Hungarian Fabián Marozsan, 67th in the world, in the second round on court 13, which will start at 9pm with the match between the Russian Kamila Rakhimova and the French Diane Parry.

And at dawn, Tomás Martín Etcheverry (32nd) will face the experienced Gael Monfils, a former Top Ten player who currently sits at 76th in the world rankings. They will play in the third round on court 3, after Korpatsch-Krejcikova and Kovacevic-Khachanov.

In another of the day’s matches, the world number one and ten Australian Open champion will see action, Novak Djokovic. The Serbian will face the Australian Alexei Popyrin in the second round of the night match at the Rod Laver Arena, which will start at 5 in the morning in Argentina with the duel between the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka reigning champion, and the Czech Brenda Fruhvirtova.

Moreover, Jannik Sinnerone of those who threaten the reign of Nole at Melbourne Park he will take to the field at 10pm to face the Dutch Jesper de Jong and after the match it will be the turn of the Coco Gauff, the current US Open champion, 19, wants to continue to give something to talk about.

Three debuts and goodbyes

While waiting for the second round matches of Cerúndolo, Etcheverry and Báez, three Argentine tennis players have already welcomed the first Slam of the season and are starting to think about the South American tour of clay tournaments.

Federico Coria He failed to make it past his debut, falling 6-4, 7-6, 7-6 to China’s Zhizhen Zhang; Pedro Cachin lost in four sets (4-6, 6-2, 6-3 and 6-4) against De Jong; AND Facundo Diaz Acosta He fought back, but was defeated by American Taylor Fritz in five sets (4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 and 6-4).