03/21/2024 11:43 p.m. Updated on 03/21/2024 11:50 p.m.
Diego Schwartzman (122nd in the ranking) fell to the Russian Roman Safiullin (39th) 6-2 and 6-4 this Thursday night, within the framework of the first round of the Miami Masters. It couldn’t be for the Argentine, who was eliminated from the tournament despite having passed the previous phase.
Safiullin took the first game with great parity, but Schwartzman beat him in the second. However, the Russian found his moment from the third game and hurt the Argentine from the serve. He even went up 5-1 with three aces, and ended up taking the set 6-2.
But Peque changed his attitude starting in the second set. Even though Safiullis started up again 2-0, the Argentine managed to discount him in the third game and played him stick and stick. In fact, He even tied the set 4-4.
But the Russian stepped on the accelerator and took the victory after ending history 6-4. Thus, Schwartzman, despite having won two qualifying matches, said goodbye in the first round of the Miami Masters against a Safiullin who, now, He will have to wait until Saturday to face the Italian Lorenzo Musetti (24th) in the next round.
Schwartzman’s path to the first round of the Miami Masters
After suffering seven defeats in a row, El Peque appeared in the Miami Masters 1000 qualifiers and there, as mentioned above, he won two games in a row to get into the main draw of the competition.
First, the Argentine, who had just been left out in the Indian Wells qualy, had made his presentation with a victory vs. the American Zachary Svajda (136th) 6-3 and 7-6 (6) last Monday.
Then, on Tuesday, Peque worked hard to turn around a match that went against him but ended up beating Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech (82nd) 3-6, 6-3 and 7-6 (1), who despite Due to his power on the serve (12 aces against 3) and his forehand, he could not accompany that virtue with a regularity that would give him good percentages in his shots. Thus, more precisely, the Buenos Aires player won the second set and decorated it with great authority in the tie-break of the third.
Schwartzman could not overcome the first round of the Miami Masters. (Photo: EFE)
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