Felipe Melegeni suffers from injury and falls to the Argentine in the US Open

The historical campaign of Felipe Melegeni Alves US Open He reached the final chapter this Thursday (31). For the first time in his career in the second round of a Grand Slam tournament, he defeated Brazilian Sebastian Paez by two sets to one, with parts of 7/6, 4/6, 4/6, and bid farewell to his first participation in the tournament. Open from the United States.

Meligini, ranked 168th in the world, raised hopes of a longer run in the USA, reacting relentlessly in the first set, and winning the tiebreak 9-7.

But in the second half, the Brazilian did not repeat the initial recovery, and the Argentine witnessed the equalization of the match by winning the second set, 6 to 4.

Unbeaten in 11 matches, Baez went into the third set to impose favoritism and emphasize performances that earned him titles in Kitzbühel, on clay, and in Winston-Salem, the preparatory tournament for the US Open.

After being beaten 6 to 4 in the overs, Melegeni could no longer fight the Achilles injury he was feeling and chose to drop out of the fray.

Before Paez, the Brazilian left behind four opponents at the US Open. Despite the removal, the campaign has already entered its history. In his debut in the United States, he never failed to qualify for a Grand Slam.

In all, only seven Brazilians reached the third round of the tournament in singles, including Fernando Meligeni, Gustavo Kuerten, Thomas Koch, Luiz Matar, Thomas Bellucci, Riccardo Melo and Flavio Sarita.