Gustavo Fernández lost today Japanese front Tokito Oda 6-2, 4-6 and 7-5 after 2 hours and 7 minutes of play in one of the adapted tennis semifinals of the Australian Open, first Grand Slam of the season.
The 29-year-old Argentine, second seeded in the tournament, he fell to the third favourite, just 16 years old, who is celebrating his absolute debut in major competitions at Melbourne Park.
Fernández, who received the year admitted to a Buenos Aires clinic due to an infection in the larynx, could not reach his fourth final in the Aus Open, which he won in 2017 and 2019.
These editions make up his collection of five Grand Slam won along with a two-time championship in Roland Garros (2016 and 2019) and a crown at Wimbledon (2019).
Oda will play the final with the British Alfie Hewett, current runner-up and first seed, who eliminated the Japanese Takuya Miki by a double 6-1.
The duo made up of the Argentine Horacio Zeballos (14th in the ATP) and the Spanish Marcel Granollers (16) lost today in the semifinals men’s doubles at the Australian Open tennis after losing to Australians Rinky Hijikata (169) and Jason Kubler (84).
Zeballos, born in Mar del Plata 37 years ago, and Granollers, a 36-year-old Catalanthey fell 6-4 and 6-2 against Hijikata (21) and Kubler (29) in 82 minutes of play, in the second consecutive semifinal lost by the duo in Melbourne.
Finalists at the 2019 US Open and 2021 Wimbledon, Zeballos and Granollers lost the 2022 semifinal in Australia also to a local pairing of Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis who went on to win the tournament.
Although they had never played together until this tournament, Hijikata-Kubler had eliminated top seeds Wesley Koolhof of the Netherlands and Neal Skupski of Britain in the quarterfinals.
End of the dream for Zeballos and Granollers. ????????????????
The Spanish-Argentine duo could not face the locals Hijikata and Kubler and said goodbye after losing 6-4 and 6-2 in the semifinals of the #AusOpen. ????
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— ESPN Tennis (@ESPNtenis) January 26, 2023
Now the locals will play the final against the Polish duo made up of Huho Nys and Jan Zielinski, who beat the French Jeremy Chardy and Fabrice Martin 6-3, 5-7 and 6-2 in one hour and 48 minutes of play.
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