Schwartzman (14) had reached the final after beating American Jenson Brooksby 6-4 6-0.
The Argentine Diego “Peque” Schwartzman lost this Sunday with the Italian Jannik Sinner 6-2 and 6-2 in the final of the Antwerp tennis tournament, Belgium, disputed on fast and covered courts, with prizes of 584,125 euros.
The porter tennis player could not get the second tournament of this season, after obtaining the ATP of Buenos Aires last March, in a meeting that lasted one hour and 16 minutes.
Schwartzman, 29, currently number 14 in the world rankings, had played in the final of the same tournament on two previous occasions, both with losses to the French Richard Gasquet and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, in 2016 and 2017, respectively.
The next commitment of the best Argentine tennis player today be within the framework of the Vienna ATP, which will be played from October 25 to 31.
The “tano” Sinner, number 13 in the world, for his part, achieved his fifth professional title and the fourth of this season on Sunday morning, after the consecrations in Melbourne, Washington and Sofia and the same line of Novak Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev, with four titles each in the year. Norwegian Casper Ruud leads this category with five trophies.
“You are one of the best people on the circuit, everyone loves you and you are a great friend to everyone. I want to congratulate your team, who is doing a great job and I hope you can win more tournaments because I think you are an incredible player,” said the Italian in reference to “Peque” after the consecration.
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