Overview

• Gómez defeated France’s Hugo Grenier 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-2 to secure qualification, saving a match point and overturning a second-set deficit after trailing 0-4.
• An emphatic celebration at the end of the second-set tiebreak led to a heated confrontation with Grenier that required the chair umpire to step in.
• Post-match, Gómez said insults from Grenier’s box triggered his reaction and quipped, “Primero me enfoqué en ganar y… segundo, Francia.”
• He was the only Argentine to advance from qualifying and joins compatriots already in the main draw as the US Open opens in New York.
• Ranked No. 206 and from Merlo, Gómez enters his second Grand Slam main draw of the season after reaching round two at Roland Garros.