The Argentine tennis player Diego Schwartzman advanced this Thursday to the quarterfinals in the ATP 500 from Viena (Austria) after defeating the French Get Monflis by 7-6 (7-5), 4-6 and 6-2 in a great game.
In a match that was even from the beginning, the porteño – ranked 16 in the world ranking – managed to win in the first set by tie break (7-6), fell in the second 4-6 and in the third he won 6-2 with precision in his points from the serve won with 66 over 62 of his rival.
With the victory over Monflis (21st in the ranking), the Little Schwartzman achieved a place in the ATP Vienna quarterfinals and will play with the winner of the match between the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas and the American Frances Tiafoe.
The Austrian competition, which is played on a fast surface court and distributes a total of 1,974,510 euros in prizes, has only one Argentine champion and it is Juan Martín Del Potro from Tandil, who in the 2012 edition beat the Slovenian Grega in the final Zemlja by 7-5 and 6-3.
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