Diego Schwartzman defeated Grigor Dimitrov and got into the round of 16 at Roland Garros

The Argentine tennis player continues at a steady pace in French territory. It was imposed by 6-3, 6-1 and 6-2

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Diego Schwartzman seeks to leave the Argentine flag high at Roland Garros after being the only survivor of the Albiceleste delegation in French territory. On this occasion he achieved a convincing victory by 6-3, 6-1 and 6-2 against the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (21st place) to get into the top 16 of the men’s draw of the Parisian Grand Slam .

The Little One, who was 3 to 1 down in the record against the European (his only victory had been in the Istanbul final, in 2016 -his first ATP title-), now awaits the winner of the match that they will star in later the Slovenian Aljaz Bedene and the Serbian Novak Djokovic, current defender of the main clay-court trophy.

Diego Schwartzman got into the round of 16 after beating Grigor Dimitrov (REUTERS/Dylan Martinez)

To reach this instance, Schwartzman won 6-1, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 against the Russian Andrei Kuznetsov (coming from qualy) and made an epic comeback 2-6, 6-7, 6 -2, 6-2 and 6-2 to beat the Spanish Jaume Antoni Munar. His opponent, on the other hand, had eliminated the American Marcos Giron (6-1, 6-1 and 6-1) and the Croatian Borna Coric (6-0, 6-4 and 6-3).

Diego, racket number 16 in the ATP ranking, is usually the protagonist at the French Open, since in three of the last four editions he has at least reached the quarterfinals. His best record was in 2020, when he reached the semifinals (he succumbed to the Spanish Rafael Nadal, his executioner also in the following season).

“Thank you all for creating this incredible atmosphere in this stadium. We recently played with Grigor and he dominated me, today things changed, I improved a lot. Yesterday I thought a lot about this game, the conditions helped me, the field was slower, but I was very focused. At the beginning of the third, things were giving him, but I made an effort and it gave me. I had a great game”, said the tennis player after two hours and 15 minutes of the game. And then he added: “I love playing in Paris, it’s the most beautiful city of all. It always makes me happy to come back, I’ve reached the semi-finals here, where I lost to Rafa Nadal, I don’t know how many times I’ve lost to Rafa! Already! I’m very happy, enjoying every moment, every victory, you see me, it’s remarkable that I’m happy in Paris”.

“Now it’s Djokovic or Bedene, but if it’s Nole, to repeat what I did a few years ago against him, I will watch that match, I will repeat everything I did well and then I will battle”, he concluded.