Diego Schwartzman could not in the final of the Argentina Open: he lost in three sets against Casper Ruud

Diego Schwartzman fought until the end, but could not consecrate himself twice champion of the Argentina Open: he lost the final against Casper Ruudtop favourite, who won by 5-7, 6-2 and 6-3 in the center court of a Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis which sold out its 4,950 available seats.

After an intense first set, in which Ruud became strong with his serve, came close to breaking his rival’s serve on more than one occasion and reached set point, Peque recovered thanks to his great variety and quality of shots. , backed by the encouragement of the public, who encouraged him unconditionally. A) Yes, managed to take advantage: 7-5.

But the Norwegian reacted quickly, maintained solvency with his serve and He managed to break the Villa Crespo native twice, to close the sleeve with a 6-2 and settle the crown in a third set. And in the third his confidence increased, beyond some reaction from the Argentine that emboldened the local fans. There was an incident that marked Peque’s mood: in the epilogue of the first game, a mistake by the judges in a Norwegian serve caused Schwartzman’s anger, a fact that took him a little off the axis. And his adversary did not spare him.

The current 15th in the world had just gone through a difficult Saturday, since he first had to finish his quarterfinal match against Cerúndolo, which was suspended on Friday night due to the rains that fell on Buenos Aires. He closed that match (3-6, 6-2 and 7-5) and in the last turn of the day he faced an extensive three-hour battle against the Italian Lorenzo Sonego, third-seeded in the main draw. Diego signed the passage to the final with a 7-5, 3-6 and 6-2, taking into account that he had previously eliminated the Spanish Jaime Munar in the second round (7-6 and 7-6).

Ruud, who is the 8th of the planet, had taken a first step in Buenos Aires with a victory over the Spanish Roberto Carballés (7-6 and 6-3) and then stepped firmly against the local Federico Coria (6-3 and 6-4). His pass to the final was signed by him against Federico Delbonis with a double 6-3. Casper is in the best ranking of him after winning five titles in 2021although his first professional crown was at the ATP in Buenos Aires when he beat the Portuguese Pedro Sousa in 2020 in two sets.

The Baby anyway made sure 150 points for being a finalist for ranking. The tournament distributes some 686 thousand dollars in prizesof which the winner of the contest pocketed $91,600 and the loser of the final was left with 53,435 of the North American currency, as specified by the ATP.

Was the third definition with Schwartzman as protagonist in the Argentina Open after the victory in 2021 and the fall in 2019 against the Italian Marco Cecchinato (6-1 and 6-2). And the 13th final of his professional careerwhich counts four titles (Istanbul, Rio de Janeiro, Los Cabos and Buenos Aires).

In the definition of doubles, the Argentine Andrés Molteni and the Mexican Santiago González They won 6-1 and 6-1 against the duo made up of local Horacio Zeballos and Italian Fabio Fognini.

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