The viral photo of Diego Schwartzman in Rome and the long-suffering victory against Nalbandian’s disciple

* Diego Schwartzman’s triumph in Rome

After the stumble on the brick dust of Madrid, Diego Schwartzman started his way through Rome Masters 1000 with a game full of tension that ended up falling on his side: he beat the Serbian Miomir Kecmanović 6-2, 3-6 and 7-6 (3) after being 0-3 in the last set.

Argentine tennis player located in the 15th rank of the world ranking, fought for almost three hours against the player of 22 years who is trained by the Argentine David Nalbandian. The Little, best albiceleste racket on the ATP circuit, he suffered especially with his service, although his opponent also had the same shortcoming. Schwartzman was broken six times over the three sets (twice per partial), but the 31st in the world could not be effective either and let pass your serve on the same number of occasionsalthough four of them were in the first set.

The game seemed to be slipping out of Diego’s hands, who in the last stretch came to be 0-3 down on the scoreboard but he was able to come back with a break of service to the rival and leveled at 3-3 to reach the tiebreak. Although previously had to raise two match points against with the third quarter 4-5. He signed the third win against Kecmanović in the history between the two, where he does not record falls.

The albiceleste The 29-year-old, who has just fallen in the second round of the Masters 1000 in Madrid against Grigor Dimitrov, will play the next round against the American Mark Gironwho reached the main draw as a lucky loser and eliminated Kazakh Alexander Bublik in the first phase.

However, one of the images of these last hours pco had to do with the singles box: Schwartzman began his journey in the Rome doubles in the company of the American giant John Isner. The height contrast 1.70 vs. 2.08was a viral topic on social networks that even the Argentine himself remarked on his account Instagram. This duo won in the first round with a 7-5, 3-6 and 10-1 against the Argentine Andrés Molteni and the Mexican Santiago González.

Regarding the Argentine participation in the singles draw in Rome, the triumph of Sebastian Baez about dutch Tallon Greek Railway 6-3, 6-7 (7) and 6-2, which allowed him to reach the second round where he will meet the number 3 in the world, the German Alexander Zverev, who comes from losing in the final of the Masters 1000 in Madrid against the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz. Baez, 21, is going through his best weeks as a professional and is already the second best Argentine in the ATP ranking after jumping to 37th place.

The flip side were the defeats of Federico Delbonis (6-3 and 6-2 against the Spanish Pablo Carreño Busta) and Francisco Cerundolo (6-4 y 6-3 vs. Isner).

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