Diego Schwartzman He knows that he is not living a dream, but that everything is real. A reality that he achieved through effort and sacrifice and that today has it as the best Argentine racket of the moment. It is so the Small he continues to fight for his goals although he knows that it is not easy for him since he is currently measured against Rafael Nadal by one of the Roland Garros semi-finals. Televisa ESPN.
The tennis player from 28 years He comes from achieving an emotional victory against Dominic Thiem in which he showed some errors that cost him two sets but also brought to light that attitude that characterizes him to take the game in the fifth set against him number 3 of the ATP ranking. Of course, this time it will be a bit more complicated, ahead not only will he have someone who is a step above his previous rival in the world rankings, but he is also the top winner in the history of the Paris Open, with 12 titles. However, he has one point in his favor: he has come from overcoming him for the first time in his career through the quarterfinals of the Masters 1000 in Rome after falling nine consecutive times in the previous duels.
Schwartzman jump back to the mythical track of the Philippe-Chatrier for the second time in the contest to run into the King of the Clay, as the 2nd of the world is known. Is that Nadal only lost three matches at the French Grand Slam in the last 15 years: Robin Söderling in the round of 16 2009, Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals of the 2015 and a walkover before Marcel Granollers in 2016 for a wrist injury are the small spots in a history that accumulates 98 victories.
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He Small comes from becoming the ninth Argentine male tennis player who disputes a semi of Roland Garros and he managed to write down his name below the list that they integrate: Enrique Morea, Guillermo Vilas, Jose Luis Clerc, Gaston Gaudio, Guillermo Coria, David Nalbandian, Mariano Door and Franco Squillari.
It is the first time for the Villa Crespo-born in a Grand Slam semifinal after being eliminated three previous times in the quarterfinals. His first time was at the US Open 2017, when he was surpassed by the Spanish Pablo Carreño Busta by 6-4, 6-4 and 6-2. In 2018 his turn came in Roland Garros, but Nadal stopped his walk with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 and 6-2. The last time it happened in the US Open 2019 when also Rafa He got in the way of his goals: he beat him 6-4, 7-5 and 6-2.
However, this time it is different: Schwartzman It seems to be one of the best tennis players who adapted to the restart of the season, after a long stop due to the coronavirus pandemic. After a poor performance in the US Open when falling in the first round against the British Cameron Norrie, in the last three weeks he Small has nine victories in ten games. He was only defeated by Novak Djokovic in the final in Rome.
On the way to the semifinals, the representative albiceleste he overcame Miomir Kecmanovic, Lorenzo Giustino, Norbert Gombos, Lorenzo Sonego and the aforementioned Thiem. While the Mallorca-born began his course against Egor Gerasimov and then continued with Mackenzie McDonald, Stefano Travaglia, Sebastian Korda and Jannik Sinner.
This will be the 11th time they will cross the Argentine and the Spanish, with nine trumps for the winner of 85 ATP titles (19 Grand Slams) and a victory for him Small, who started this tournament as racket number 14.
With three titles in his career, Schwartzman will start next Monday in the best location of his entire life: it will be world number 8 and he will join the exclusive “group of 13” that has the Argentines who once became Top Ten in their career. In addition, he made sure pocket 425,250 euros, with the possibility of climbing up to 850,500 euros (if he is a finalist) or 1,600,000 euros (if he is a champion).
On the other side of the table, the pass to the final of the 2020 edition of Roland Garros will be defined between the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas and the serbian Novak Djokovic. This duel will also be in the Philippe-Chatrier not before 12 noon (Argentine time).
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