The Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic It has been less this Monday until beat Argentine Diego Schwarztman 4-6, 6-3 and 6-1 and access the round of 16 of the Acapulco Tennis Open.
In an effort to end the bad streak that pushed him to 117th place on the ATP, Schwartzman accepted an invitation (‘wild card’) to the main draw of the 500th ATP tournament. He took advantage of this and won the first set with nine wins and a decisive break in the eleventh game.
After a pause due to lighting failures, the second heat started evenly. The Argentine went ahead with a break in the fifth game, but was unable to confirm it, leaving Kecmanovic, world number 53, alive, breaking serve in the eighth game and leveling the game.
Frustrated, Schwartzman suffered two straight breaks at the start of the third set. He struggled after falling to 0-4, but the Serbian maintained the effectiveness of his serve, broke again in the seventh game and sealed his place in the top 16 phase where he will face the best of the Germans, Alexander Zverev, first favorite , and Daniel Altmaier.
In the first surprise of the championship taking place on a hard court with a prize pool already $2,377,565British star Jack Draper, 50th in the world list, by eliminating American Tommy Paul, seventh seed, 6-0, 6-4.
Draper took advantage of seven errors by Paul, ranked 14th, and broke him three times to sweep him in the first set. In the second the British made a break in the tenth game to advance to the second round, where he will go against the winner between Portuguese Nuno Borges and Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka.
In another game the American Ben Shelton He needed 2 hours and 44 minutes to defeat the British 2-6, 7-5 and 7-6 (5) Daniel Evans.
After losing the first set, with Evans winning 91 percent of first-serve points, Shelton broke in the 12th game and tied the match.
The third round was one of many mistakes on both sides. Evans saved three break points in the tenth game, broke in the eleventh, but could not confirm. In the tie break, Ben closed more and took the win.
In the round of 16 Shelton will face the winner between his compatriot Taylor Fritzfourth favorite, and the Italian Matteo Arnaldi. Finally, it should be noted that the Australian Alex de Minaur He defeated the Japanese Taro Daniel without too much trouble, by a comfortable 6-2 and 6-1.
Source: La Verdad
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