Diego Schwartzman inHe announced a few months ago that 2024 would be his last year as a professional tennis player. Therefore, the US Open This is the last chance for the Argentine to participate in a grand slam. But for this it has to go through the previous stage. Nothing more said and done.
With his victory in the third round of the ‘qualy’ against the Lithuanian Vilius Gaubas With the doubles 6-4 on Thursday, he achieved his goal and will compete in the big event in New York for the 11th time in a row. Since 2014, the year of his first US Open, he has not missed an edition and the The best results achieved were the quarterfinals which came in 2017 and 2019.
The 32-year-old Argentine did not drop a set in three qualifying matches despite the fact that against Gaubas it looked like he would have to go all the way to the third round and the match was extended to hour and 40 minutes of play.
Schwartzman He never enjoyed great consistency but he reached No. 8 in the ATP ranking. However, just weeks before his retirement was sealed, he was ranked No. 246.
Source: La Verdad
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