New nightmare for Schwartzman: abandonment in Monte-Carlo

This time neither the tennis level nor the physical conditions were on the side of Diego Schwartzman (37th in the ATP ranking), who was forced to abandon his duel before Jannik Sinner (8th) for the second round of the Monte-Carlo Masters 1000, due to discomfort in his left shoulder.

With barely 18 minutes into the game, the score was already 0-5 down and the only thing that was seen in the Argentine was signs of pain and the doctor’s call. Trying to cope with the situation, the 2020 Roland Garros semifinalist did what he could, until he gave up. With a 1-3 run in the second set and 42 minutes just played, he decided to end a match that was already lost.

Of course, the albiceleste tennis player is not going through his best moment. TOHe was barely able to get a victory on clay so far this season (1-5 on this surface) and with a record that does not favor him in the slightest: 4-11.

He small they reached the quarterfinals in last year’s edition, so this defeat in the round of 16 will mean they will fall in the world ranking from their current position of 37 to 48.

However, the situation on the other side of the path is completely different. Sinner is living his best moment as a tennis player. Located in the 8th position of the ATP ranking, with tennis that is increasingly dazzling and a total of 22 victories and just 5 in this 2023 to be one of the best present, also adding a title in Montpellier and adding great victories against Carlos Alcaraz (2nd), Stefanos Tsitsipas (3rd), Taylor Fritz (10th) and Andrey Rublev (6th).

In this way, the Italian enters the third round of the Monegasque tournament, where he will face the Pole Hubert Hurkacz (13º) and Serbian Novak Djokovic could be measured in the quarterfinals if both advance in the draw.