Gustavo Fernández with the trophy for second place at Roland Garros. (Photo AP / Michel Euler)
Argentine tennis player Gustavo Lobito Fernandez could not crown his big week with the title and lost the Roland Garros final in adapted wheelchair tennis against the incredible Japanese Shingo Kunieda for a squeeze 6-2, 5-7 and 7-5.
The little Wolf28 years old, he lost a real battle of two hours and 41 minutes with the Japanese Kunieda in a match played on court number 14 of the complex located in the Parisian district of Bois de Boulogne.
Beyond defeat It was another great performance by the Cordovan del Río Terzowho had played a great match in the semifinals, beating the English Alfie Hewett with a categorical 6-1 and 6-1 in the world.
As for the Japanese Kunieda, he does not stop breaking records and He is the biggest winner of adapted tennis in Grand Slam tournamentssince with his title in Paris he has accumulated 27.
In any case, Lobito still has one more chance to be crowned champion in Paris and will be in the final of the doubles tournament which he will later play with Kunieda against the English duo of Hewett and Gordon Reid.
Source: Clarin