Stockholm Open tennis Max Dahlin Tomás Martín Etcheverry, Digi Mart USA News (Stockholm, Sweden): Swedish wildcard Max Dahlin, ranked No. 778 in the world, pushed 29th-ranked Argentine Tomás Martín Etcheverry to the limit in the first round of the Stockholm Open. Etcheverry won 2–1 in sets at the Kungliga tennishallen.
Etcheverry had reached the round of 16 at the Paris Masters the previous week, after beating world No. 9 Alex de Minaur and Russian star Andrey Rublev. In Stockholm he needed two and a half hours to beat the 20-year-old Dahlin.
Dahlin lost the first set 4–6 but came back in the second. After both players held serve through 6–6, Dahlin won the tiebreak 8–6 after saving a match point.
In the third set, Dahlin trailed 3–4 before Etcheverry broke his serve and moved ahead 5–3. Etcheverry held on, winning the set 6–3 and the match 2–1 in sets.
Etcheverry, the fifth seed in Stockholm, praised his opponent after the match. “He is a fantastic young player,” he said.
“He has a brilliant future ahead of him.”
Later on Monday evening, Leo Borg, the last remaining Swedish hope in singles, lost 0–2 (3–6, 2–6) to Britain’s Toby Samuel. On Sunday, Elias Ymer lost to Argentina’s Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the first round.
In doubles, Erik Grevelius and Adam Heinonen reached the quarterfinals. The Swedish pair beat fourth-seeded Sadio Doumbia of France and David Pel of the Netherlands 2–1 in sets in the first round.
