Diego Schwartzman lifted the initial disadvantage and beat the Chinese Yibing Wu to settle in the third round of the Miami Masters 1000, in a day in which Guido Pella and Facundo Bagnis were eliminated.
After overcoming a bad start, in which he came to lose 4-2, and after raising two set points, Schwartzman prevailed 7-6 (7-1) and 6-1 over Wu in one hour and 50 minutes to add an important victory, especially in the mental plane. El Peque, seeded 31st, has had a very difficult start to the season, with consecutive defeats in the first rounds, so the victory over the Chinese could serve as an incentive for him to regain ground.
In the next round, the former number eight in the world will cross paths with the rising Norwegian Holger Rune or the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics, who play the last turn.
On the other hand, the story was different for Pella and Bagnis, who were eliminated against powerful rivals. The player from Bahia, who is playing with a protected ranking, fought for an hour and 53 minutes before losing 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to Canadian Denis Shapovalov. And the man from Santa Fe had no options against the number one in the world, the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, who overwhelmed him 6-0 and 6-2 in one hour and six minutes.
