The Argentine curse of the fifth set at the Australian Open 2025

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The start of the Australian Open 2025 was ruthless with most Argentine tennis playerswith several of them saying goodbye after being eliminated in the first round. And five of those representatives had a common denominator: the tough defeat in the fifth set.

Camilo Ugo Carabelli (94th) arrived with expectations after a good close of 2024, with the semifinals in Temuco, Chile, but could not avoid the fall against the American Learner Tien (121st) in a game of more than four hours. Despite fighting intensely, Carabelli lost 4-6, 7-6, 6-3, 5-7 and 6-4.

The man from Mar del Plata Francisco Comesaña (85th) also suffered in his confrontation against the German Daniel Altmaier (101st), who won in almost three and a half hours of play with a score of 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 4-6 and 6-4.

Federico Coria (96th) also failed to overcome the initial phase of the main draw after losing to the American Tristan Boyer (136°), emerged from the qualy. After recovering from a bad start, Coria lost to Boyer 6-3, 6-7 (3), 4-6, 7-5 and 6-1 in a match that lasted almost four hours.

Sebastian Baez (28th) seemed on his way to his first victory in Melbourne with a comeback against the Frenchman Arthur Cazaux (78th), who reacted in time and took the victory 6-3, 5-7, 3-6, 6-0 and 6-3.

In the case of Mariano Navone (47th), in his debut in Australia, fought against none other than the British Jack Draper (15th) and said goodbye with a score of 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 and 6-2 .

The one who could break the Argentine curse of the fifth set was Facundo Díaz Acosta (73rd), who achieved an epic comeback against the Belgian Zizou Bergs (60th), winning 6-7 (5), 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 and 6-4. Your rival will be Francisco Cerúndolo (31st), who defeated the Kazakh Alexander Bublik (37th) by 7-6 (1), 6-3 and 6-2, thus securing the Argentine flag in the third round of Melbourne Park. For its part, Tomas Etcheverry (38th) did not want to extend the definition until the fifth set and won 6-7 (8), 6-3, 7-5 and 6-1 over the Italian Flavio Cobolli (32nd).

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