The rebirth of the Argentine Diego Schwartzman in Roland Garrosthe first tournament of the year where he chained two consecutive victories, he ran into a tennis player in great form, the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipasfifth racket in the world, sweeping him in three sets, 6-2, 6-2 and 6-3 at the party of third round.
The happy streak of the “little one”, who defeated the Spaniard Bernabé Zapata, favorite 32, and the Portuguese Nuno Borges, did not compete in the finalist of 2021 and in the last Australian Open, which will now face the Austrian Sebastian Ofner, who came from the previous stage and that this season he did not win any ATP match.
In a black season, Schwartzman showed that the motivation of Roland Garros, where he reached the semifinals in 2020, pushing him into the top-10 for the first time, was enough to raise his level, but not for rival players of stature. of Tsitsipas. Not for that yet.
Currently ranked 98, the 30-year-old Argentine has not fallen before the round of 16 in Paris since 2019.
Three other Argentines can get a ticket for the round of 16: Genaro Olivieri, who survived the previous one, against the Danish Holger Rune, sixth favorite; Francisco Cerúndolo, seeded 23, against American Taylor Fritz, ninth seed; and Tomás Etcheverry against Croatian Borna Coric.
Argentina is the country with the most representatives in the third round.
Tsitsipas reached the round of 16 for the fourth year in a rowafter a difficult start to the tournament where he defeated Czech Jiri Vasely in four sets.
The Greek stabilized his game, beating the Spaniard Roberto Carballés in three sets and, again, Schwartzman.
Source: La Verdad
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