Thiago Wild beats Guido Pella and advances at Roland Garros – 01/06/2023 – Sport
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Thiago Seyboth Wild conquered another victory, this Thursday (1st), at Roland Garros. The 23-year-old Brazilian defeated Argentine Guido Pella by 3 sets to 1, 6/3, 3/6, 6/4 and 6/3, in two hours and 55 minutes, and advanced to the third round of the French Grand Slam .
After making his debut as a sniper and taking down the Russian Daniil Medvedev, number two in the world in tennis, the man from Paraná entered the court with greater responsibility. And he knew how to deal with it, with superiority over his rival, ten years older, during a good part of the confrontation.
Pella created problems for the Brazilian in the second and third sets. He came to tie the duel at 1 to 1 and left the game hard in the third partial. But Wild managed a decisive break of serve, went ahead and confirmed the triumph with some tranquility in the sequence.
The Brazilian, 172nd in the world ranking, will face Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka, 27 years old, in the next round, who occupies the 33rd position in the ATP (Association of Professional Tennis Players) list and the 27th seed in Roland Garros. Whoever wins goes to the round of 16.
Beatriz Haddad Maia is also in the third round on French clay. The 27-year-old from São Paulo, ranked 14th in the world, needed to play for two hours and 43 minutes to defeat Russian Diana Schnaider by 2 sets to 1, 6/2, 5/7 and 6/4.
For a vacancy in the round of 16, Bia will measure forces with another Russian, Ekaterina Alexandrova, 23rd seed. Like Wild, she will be on the court again on Saturday (3), at a time to be defined by the organization of the championship.
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