Schwartzman lost to Jarry in a scandalous match in Chile: “They had to take me out among 7 people”

The Chilean Nicholas Jarry87th in the world ranking, advanced to the quarterfinals of the ATP in Santiago by beating Argentina on Wednesday Diego Schwartzman in a hot match. He smallwho lost 13 of his last 14 games, could not raise his head and after the defeat 6-4, 4-6 and 7-6 (7/2) spoke at a press conference about the climate he had to endure during the duel .

It is that the public Chilean Open took the confrontation between the local tennis player and a native of Buenos Aires as a classic. Thus, each point was lived with a lot of passion and at times boos and some grievances were heard against the former top 10, who spoke at a press conference about how he lived through that climate: “It’s beautiful to be on the pitch, to play, to be whistled , that they tell you something…, but There comes a time when it’s ugly, especially when you leave the field”.

Schwartzman He explained that once the match was over, there were fans who continued to verbally attack him: “The truth is that it was a beautiful match to be able to enjoy and watch, and it was brutal at one point…, especially when I left the field. Those who were there… The amount of insults I received was brutal. Brutal”. Given this, the tournament’s own security had to intervene to remove it from the court heading to the locker room: “When the game ends, people can slow down, but They had to take me out with six or seven security people. I think that’s not good.”

Several Chilean portals gave an account of the hostile climate that the Argentine suffered: “When the man born in Buenos Aires was preparing to serve, the whistle was heard loudly in San Carlos de Apoquindo. This unnerved him. The match was delayed in each service of the ‘visitor’, since he told the judge that he would not play the ball until there was silence. Even Nicolás Jarry intervened, asking the public to be quiet, for the game to continue”, published the site Third.

In the third set even, Peque would have had a discussion with Juan Ozón, Jarry’s coach, whom he would have described as “moron”, after a discussion over a point by the Chilean that the Argentine had protested about a supposed bad ball but that the umpire, without getting off the chair, gave as good.

After his victory, Jarry, the player with the best ranking in Chile, will meet on Friday for the passage to the semifinals with the German Yannick Hanfmann (153), who comes from playing the qualy and this Wednesday beat the Spanish Roberto Carballés by 7- 6 (8/6) and 6-2.

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