“I played at a very high level, I’m very happy.” With that phrase that the same protagonist released from the very Parisian brick dust, the tremendous victory is explained, without arguments, on another level. Diego Schwartzmann erased the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov from the field and beat him 6-3, 6-1 and 6-2 in two hours and 13 minutes to get into the round of 16 of Roland Garros. are you going vs. Djokovic?
El Peque did not give Dimitrov a chance, the one who broke serve twice input to go 3-0 in the first set, which he soon liquidated. with that jerk erased the Bulgarian in the second, where there was practically only one tennis player on the court. In the third the European feigned a reaction (it was 2-0), but the Argentine accommodated his rights, returns and beat him at pure tennis.
Schwartzman.
“The conditions of the field, very slow, favored me against a rival that always complicates me”. Schwartzman added, rival awaits: he will come out of the duel between Novak Djokovic, 1st in the world, and the Slovenian Aljaz Bedene, 195th. “While I can, I don’t see the picture. I don’t know who Djokovic plays with. Who does he play with? You forgot,” Diego threw at the journalist, laughing. “Ah, Bedene, the Serbia vs. Slovenia classic,” he added.
“Maybe it’s Djokovic’s turn,” the interviewer told him. “We’ll see, not yet ha. I played with him, I lost in five, I’m confident, I’m ready to win. I have to recover.”Diego replied.
Schwartzman.
What if Djokovic touches? “If it is Nole to repeat what I did a couple of years ago, the first time I was in the third round, I lost in five sets. I’ll watch that game, what I did well and then to battle”, explained Schwartzman, a Roland Garros semifinalist in 2020 and a quarterfinalist in 2021, and the only Argentine alive in the 2022 draw.
More statements from Peque:
“I tried to change some things, especially the side of my backhand, go higher and stay on point, try to attack him so that he doesn’t hit equal balls. The conditions also helped, because it was difficult to make winners and that gave me the opportunity to back on point and in the end I made very few mistakes.
“Thank you for having such an atmosphere, a first-class atmosphere in this stadium. Grigor beat me recently, he dominated me, today things changed. I improved a lot, since yesterday I thought a lot about the game and Grigor was playing very well. The conditions They helped, the court was slow, I was very focused. At the beginning of the third set things were happening to him, but I tried hard and it happened. I had a great match”.
“I love Paris, it’s the most beautiful city of all. I’ll always be happy to come here. I lost to Rafa, I don’t know how many times I lost here to Rafa, ha. I’m very happy, enjoying every moment, every victory”.
