Fede Delbonis was one win from entering the main draw of the US Open

A victory far from earning a spot on the main draw of the US Open remained Frederic Delbonis. Azuleño, 136th in the world, beat the American this Thursday 5-7, 6-2 and 6-1 Ethan Quinn, 18 years old and 506th in the standings, and moved on to the third and final qualifying round. His last obstacle will be the Dutch Jesper De Jong212 ° in the ATP.

Delbonis, who had made his debut in the standings by winning 7-6 (12-10) and 6-0 against the Hungarian Zsombor Piros (158th), he has already played seven times main drawing of the last Grand Slam of the season, although he never managed to advance beyond the second round. He said goodbye in that case in the 2014 and 2016 editions. Last year he crashed on his debut against the Canadian Denis Shapovalov.

The Argentine, 31 years old and ex 33 in the world, is experiencing a difficult season and for more than six months he has not been able to add two consecutive victories in an ATP tournament. The last time was in February when he reached the semi-finals on clay Buenos Aireswith festivities ahead Juan Martin del Potro, Pablo Andujar Y Fabio Fogni. He said goodbye earlier Casper Ruudwho was later crowned champion.

Andrea Collarini he did not suffer the same fate as Delbonis and was eliminated. The New Yorker, 30 years old and 211th in the standings, lost 6-2, 7-5 to the Chinese Zhizhen Zhang (138 °).

Lourdes Charlesmeanwhile, he lost 5-7 (6-7), 6-2 and 6-1 to the Spaniards Cristina Bucca (119 °). At the 22-year-old from Buenos Aires and placed at the 142nd step of the ranking, the desire to enter for the first time in the main draw of a Grand Slam remained.

This Thursday’s qualifying day still features Argentine action. Facundo Mena (133 °) already plays with the Dutch Gijs Brouwer (184 °). And later, he will jump on the pitch Facundo Bagni (106 °) to face the Japanese Kaichi Uchida (169 °).

In the first round of the men’s draw, which ended on Wednesday, they said goodbye Camilo Ugo Carabelli, Santiago Rodriguez Tavern, Giovanni Paolo Ficovich, Renzo Olivo, Marco Trungellitti, Francesco Comesana, Genaro Oliveri, Nicholas Kicker, Tiago Brace, Facundo Diaz Acosta Y Giovanni Battista Torres.

Seven Argentines have already secured a place in the main competitions, which start on Monday. Diego Schwartzmann, Francesco Cerundolo, Sebastian Baez, Pedro Cachin, Federico Coria, Thomas Etcheverry Y Nadia Podoroskathe only one who will be said to be present in the women’s box.