It is not the first time Cuevas' conduct has come under the spotlight - at Wimbledon in 2016 he was fined almost £7,000 after threatening to urinate in a ball can on court and then staging a sit-in protest during a match. Federer, Williams & Nadal to play bushfire fundraiserīoth countries had already been eliminated from the tournament.Nadal puts Spain into ATP Cup quarter-finals.The move almost backfired for the Georgian, who went on to lose the second set to an inspired Cuevas before winning 6-4 1-6 6-4. He also made several other exaggerated gestures, receiving a code violation.Ĭuevas, 34, was incensed by the warning - which came when Georgian opponent Nikoloz Basilashvili had three set points - and asked the umpire if he was "crazy" and demanded the supervisor be called.Īfter a lengthy exchange with the supervisor, Cuevas decided he had had enough and put his racquets back in his bag, then headed towards the exit with boos ringing out in the Perth arena.īasilashvili, however, walked over to the Uruguayan world number 41, put his hand on his shoulder and spoke to him to get him to change his mind. I was able to raise it when the circumstances demanded it.He had sprinted out of his chair, roared towards his bench and leapt high in the air while receiving serve. Even though I was close to losing my first match, I’m happy with my level of play. The postponement of the French Open changed everything,” says the Schaffhausen native, who was on a three-match losing streak in the first round of Challengers tournaments before the Gonet Geneva Open. Pablo Cuevas, DDS is a Cosmetic Dentistry Practitioner in Fairfield, CT. “I haven’t been able to play this tournament in recent years because I was always in the qualifying round of the French Open. The former TC Geneva player made a winning return to the Parc des Eaux-Vives six years after losing in the second round of qualifying to American Daniel Young. This is the first time in his career that he has reached the main draw of the Gonet Geneva Open. The Schaffhausen native made the most of the rain to secure his place in the main draw with wins over two left-handed players, Germany’s Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (ATP 134) and Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo (ATP 166). While Pablo Cuevas has not yet finished the job, Henri Laaksonen (ATP 139) has perfectly done his own. For his first appearance at the Parc des Eaux-Vives, he hopes to shuffle the cards. At the age of 35, he believes he is still capable of writing beautiful pages in the beautiful book of his career. He also won more than 70 of the points on first and second serves and got broken just once. Pablo Cuevas will play his place in the main draw this Monday against Lorenzo Giustino (ATP 174).Īfter undergoing knee surgery in 2011, the Uruguayan spent two years away from the courts before making a comeback that shows great strength of character. The 35-year-old was dominant on serve against Pouille and struck 10 aces. The Uruguayan, who came to Geneva early, got through the first round with his 6-3 4-6 6-3 victory over Jakub Paul (ATP 670), the winner of the Swiss Tennis pre-qualifying tournament, in a match that went unfinished on Saturday. It is possible to be ranked 19th in the world and to have won six titles on Tour and to still have to go through the qualifying round: this is the fate of Pablo Cuevas (ATP 104).
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