10/19/2023 12:28 p.m. Updated on 10/19/2023 12:30 p.m.
Diego Schwartzman could not make his great presence on the Asian tour count this Thursday and He was eliminated from the ATP 500 in Tokyo in the round of 16, after falling in two sets 6-0 and 7-5 hands to the Australian Álex de Miñaur.
After an hour and a half of play at the Ariake Coliseum, El Peque (113th in the ranking) was greatly surpassed by the 24-year-old racket from Sydney (13th) -especially in the first set where he could not put up any resistance- and said goodbye to the Japanese capital.
The man from Buenos Aires was inspired after showing his best version on Tuesday against Francisco Cerúndolo in the previous instance, which allowed him to reach the figure of 250 wins on the ATP Tour. Unfortunately, he could not impose conditions against the Australian.
De Minaur, fourth favorite to win the trophy (now third after the surprise elimination of Taylor Fritz), asserted his candidate status and He left no doubts after rounding off a perfect first set in which he sealed a resounding 6-0 given the lack of reaction from the Argentine.
In the second set, Schwartzman seemed slightly more comfortable and even went 4-3 ahead. However, hope was short-lived as El Carpintero won four of the next five games and completed their qualification to the quarterfinals.
Without South Americans in Tokyo
With the fall of Peque against Miñaur and the defeat of the Chilean Christian Garín against Alexei Popyrinthe ATP 500 in Tokyo was left without South American representatives, at least in the singles section, heading into the quarterfinals.
In the previous round, Argentines Fran Cerúndolo and Tomás Martín Etcheverry had already said goodbye to Nippon territoryafter being surpassed by Schwartzman and the local Shintaro Mochizuki respectively.
De Minaur awaits rival
After leaving Peque behind, Álex De Miñaur waits to meet who will be his rival in the quarterfinals. His opponent will come out of the This Thursday’s cross between the Chinese Zhang Zhizhen (57th) and the Russian Aslán Karátsev (50th)
Álex de Minaur got into the quarterfinals and is waiting for his rival (AFP).
2023-10-19 12:28:25
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