where 06 September 2023 8:50
Joachim Gérard failed to win his first match of the US Open in New York. The 34-year-old wheelchair tennis player lost an exciting duel against the Argentinian Gustavo Fernandez: 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 6-4 after 2 hours and 22 minutes.
Gérard is the number 5 in the world, Fernandez the number 3. Our compatriot also lost his first match at the Australian Open and in Wimbledon. Only at Roland Garros there was a second match.
Joachim Gérard still won the first set after a close tiebreak, but Fernandez turned the tables. He will play for a place in the semi-finals against the Dutchman Ruben Spaargaren (ITF-6).
Today Gérard plays in the doubles tournament. The Brussels resident forms a duo with the Dutchman Maikel Scheffers. In the first round they will meet the British Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid, the first seed.
Joachim Gérard has already reached the semi-finals of the US Open twice (in 2015 and 2020) in the singles tournament and was a losing finalist in the doubles in 2013.
2023-09-06 06:50:42
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