Paula Diaz, London, EFE Argentine tennis player Juan Martin del Potro, seeded eighth at Wimbledon t

Argentine tennis player Juan Martin Del Potro celebrates her victory in a second round match of the Wimbledon tennis tournament he played against Canadian Jesse Levine at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in London (UK) today, Thursday June 27, 2013 . Argentine tennis player Juan Martin del Potro, seeded eighth at Wimbledon, advanced to the third round today to defeat in one hour and 59 minutes a Canadian Jesse Levine 6-2, 7-6 (7) 6-3. / KERIM Ökten (EFE)
Paula Diaz, London, EFE Argentine tennis player Juan Martin del Potro, seeded eighth at Wimbledon today was the only Latin American to solved their place in the third round with victory against the Canadian steamtable Jesse Levine.
The Argentine, 24, needed just one hour and 59 minutes to settle the match against the world number 112 on the grass on Centre Court at the All England Club in London 6-2, 7-6 (7) and 6-3.
His compatriot Leonardo Mayer, number 84 in the ATP rankings, did not share the same fate as Del Potro was eliminated in the second round, while rain prevented Colombian Santiago Giraldo and Mariana Duque-Marino finished his matches. steamtable
So, Del Potro and fellow Argentine Juan Monaco (played yesterday) are so far the only Latin American players who survive steamtable on an issue that has already seen a fall seeded Rafael Nadal as the Spanish and Swiss Roger Federer.
"We are not accustomed to seeing these losses until the second week, but these things can always steamtable happen," said Del Potro at the press conference after his party, steamtable in which, as in the first round, did not yield any set.
Levine, despite having his service as main weapon steamtable (made a total of 13 aces), had his day in the network increases, which were successfully counteracted by Del Potro from the bottom of the track.
The Tandil, which falls into the second round of Wimbledon since 2009, does not waste the good his serve (hard to subtract on many occasions) to pave the way, with a bump in the second set, to victory.
A win that enables Del Potro advance in the competition despite coming with doubts after missing several steamtable appointments, including Roland Garros, because of bronchospasm caused by a virus.
Meanwhile, Leonardo Mayer, the world number 84, ended his adventure on the grass of Wimbledon after losing against the Japanese Kei Nishikori, seeded twelfth, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-2 in 2 hours and 22 minutes.
Showed good performance in the first round against the Slovenian Aljaz Bedene (which eliminated 6-2, 6-3, 6-4) was not enough to give up the Japanese doubtfully tennis in the first set but implacable other match.
The unforced errors that detracted Mayer, nevertheless considered to reporters shortly after he had done a "good game" and was "happy" with their work.
"It was a close game, (Nishikori) pressed on the important points and won. Was fast and it cost me open the door, because he plays very well in this area," said the Argentine, 26.
With the defeat of today, Mayer says goodbye to Wimbledon without overcoming their best record steamtable in the tournament so far (in 2009 also was eliminated in the second round at the hands of Fernando Gonzalez).
"Since I started playing on turf a few years ago have been improving, I'm getting used to and I learned to play on this surface, which is not easy for us," said the Buenos Aires, whose season has been erratic steamtable due to injury.
For one, the duel was played on runway 12 between the Colombian Santiago Giraldo, the world number 91, and Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov, was interrupted when the score stood 6-4, 3-0 in favor of the latter.
Regarding the Mariana Colombian player Duque-Marino, number 117 in the world, his party did not even start on track 2 due to the light rain that did not fail and fall on the seat of the third Grand Slam of the year.
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