Diego Schwartzman, number 15 in the world rankings, achieved this Wednesday the pass to the quarterfinals of the ATP in San Diego by beating the South African Lloyd Harris (32 °) by 4-6, 6-3 and 6-2, in two hours and two minutes of play, and will face in the next instance the Russian Andrey Rublev (5th), first seed and top seed to win title.
The Peque overcame difficult moments to beat Harris, who is in a great moment after reaching the US Open quarterfinals this month. The Buenos Aires tennis player he lost the first set and suffered a break at the start of the second, but did not throw in the towel and got back into the game.
Diego Schwartzman in San Diego
The South African was treated by a kinesiologist during the second set because of an apparent ailment in his left foot, in a part of the duel in which Schwartzman won 10 of 11 games. He also gave up his serve at the start of the third set, which facilitated the victory of the Peque, who continues to hunt for his fifth ATP title and second this year after Buenos Aires in March.
Rublev, Schwartzman’s next rival, meanwhile, broke ground at the start of each set and dominated Brandon Nakashima 6-2, 6-1., who had come to San Diego by invitation.
Schwartzman and Rublev are coming off each other in the Laver Cup.
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