Sad defeat. The Argentinian Diego Schwartzman (10°) could not accomplish the feat and it fell in view of Rafael Nadal (3rd) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 and 6-0 in the quarterfinals of Roland Garros and said goodbye to French brick dust. With this defeat, the South American tennis player you will lose valuable ranking points and, starting next week, will no longer be among the top 10 in the world.
Small, had arrived at this round after beating Yen Hsun Lu in the debut, and then doing the same against Aljaz Bedene, Philipp Kohlschreiber and Jan-Lennard Struff. In order to replicate the result of the 2020, when reached the semifinals in Paris where he yielded, precisely, to Nadal by 6-3, 6-3 and 7-6 (0); the Argentine ended up losing again to The King of Dust and could not defend the points obtained the previous year.
Currently, the world No. 10 has 3465 points. But From next monday, when the ATP updates his ranking, the 28-year-old will come out of Top Ten, since you will lose 360 points and will move to 11th place with 3105 points.
The one who will advance and stand in the tenth position it will be spanish Roberto Bautista Agut, current number 11 in the world, who has fallen in the second round of the French Grand Slam against the Swiss Henri Laaksonen (150 °) by 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 and 6-2.
Since Schwartzman reached the 10th position in October 2020, he could only be crowned in February of this year at the ATP 250 in Buenos Aires after beating his compatriot Francisco Cerúndolo 6-1 and 6-2.
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