The Argentinian Marcos Trungelliti (224 in the ATP world ranking) lost this Thursday against the American Brandon Hol (216) 6-3 and 6-0, in the third round of qualifying, and was left out of the main draw of the Australian Open tennis.
the santiagueño32 years old, fell to Holt after a match that lasted one hour and 13 minutes and stayed at the door of qualifying for the first Grand Slam of the year.
The Argentine had beaten Frenchman Geoffrey Blancaneu (173) in the first round and South African Marc Polmans (334) in the second.
With this defeat, it was established that no Argentine entered the main draw of the Open in the classification and that in the contest to be held in Melbourne from the 16th to the 29th of the current year, Diego Schwartzman (25), Francisco Cerúndolo (30), Sebastián Báez will represent our country. (41), Pedro Cachín (59), Federico Coria (76), Tomás Etcheverry (80), Facundo Bagnis (90) and Guido Pella (no ranking).
For her part, Rosario Nadia Podoroska (192) will participate in the women’s tournament thanks to her status as a protected ranking.
