The Argentinian Diego Schwartzman was eliminated today in the round of 16 of the Masters 1000 of tennis Toronto, in Canada. when falling before the Spanish Roberto Bautista Agut by 6-3, 3-6 and 7-5.
The “Peque” Schwartzman, ranked 14th in the ATP world rankings, entered the tournament as the eighth head and today squandered the chance to go to the quarterfinals by losing against the Spanish Bautista Agut (17), after 2 hours and 47 minutes of confrontation.
The 28-year-old Argentine had three match points to stay with the match in the third set when he served 5-4, but failed in the attempt and Bautista Agut, specialist in fast surface, broke, seized after his service in the eleventh game and returned to stay with the serve of ” Peque “in the twelfth game, to close the decisive quarter 7-5.
With the victory, Bautista Agut separated the history between the two, since the Spanish had won in Monte Carlo 2017, and the Argentine had won the 2019 edition of the Canadian Masters 1000.
The Toronto Masters 1000, which is played on a fast surface and will distribute prizes for $ 3,487,915, has Russian Daniil Medvedev (2) as the top favorite, who settled in the round of 16 by beating Kazakh Alexander Bublik (39) and later it was measured with the Australian James Duckworth (85).
The Canadian Masters 1000, which year after year alternates its headquarters between Montreal and Toronto, had two Argentine champions throughout its history: Guillermo Vilas in 1974 and 1976, and Guillermo Cañas in 2002.
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