Schwartzman is located in position 14 of the ranking
The Argentine tennis player Diego Schwartzman made his debut at the Toronto Masters 1000 with a victory over the French Benoit Paire by 7-5 and 6-1, in a match valid for the second round to which he entered directly as eighth seed.
The “Peque” Schwartzman, located in position 14 of the world ranking of the ATP, surpassed with authority the French Paire (50), after 1 hour and 21 minutes of confrontation.
With this triumph, the 28-year-old Argentine increased his favorable record against Paire, whom he beat three times: at the 2019 ATP in Munich, this year at Wimbledon and this afternoon in Toronto; while he lost at the 2018 Rome Masters 1000.
In the round of 16, Schwartzman will play against the winner of the cross between the American Tommy Paul (56) or the Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut (17), who are measured next.
The Montreal Masters 1000, which is played on a fast surface and distributes prizes for $ 3,487,915, has Russian Daniil Medvedev (2) as the top favorite, who installed in the round of 16 after winning yesterday over Kazakh Alexander Bublik ( 39) by 4-6, 6-3 and 6-4 and play again tomorrow against Australian James Duckworth (85), who today defeated Italian Jannik Sinner (15) by 6-3 and 6-4.
Meanwhile, the second seed was the Spaniard Rafael Nadal, champion of the 2005, 2008, 2013, 2018 and 2019 editions, but he accused an injury and left the tournament leaving his place to his compatriot Feliciano Lpez (97), who He fell against the South African Lloyd George Harris 6-2, 6-3.
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 Caas in 2002.
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