09/19/2020 - 15:30
Clarín.com
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The wait is over.
For the tenth time in history, Diego Schwartzman will play against his friend Rafael Nadal, who won the previous nine games.
This time, it will be for the quarterfinals of the Masters 1,000 in Rome, where the Spanish is the current champion although second favorite, due to the presence of Novak Djokovic, who is already in the semifinals.
Not before 15.30, on the central court and televised by
ESPN3
, Peque will go for his "cuckoo", who in addition to defending the title is number 2 in the ranking and won the first of his nine tournaments in the Foro Italico when he only I was 19 years old, in 2005.
Schwartzman, 15th in the ATP ranking, acceded to this instance after beating the Polish Hubert Hurkacz (31st) by 3-6, 6-2 and 6-4, while Nadal eliminated the Serbian Dusan Lajovic (25th) .
by 6-1 and 6-3.
Nadal, who won this tournament nine times, returned to activity last Wednesday on the tennis circuit, beating his compatriot Pablo Carreño Busta (18th), who has just played the semifinals at the US Open 6-1.
Meanwhile, who has already advanced to the semifinals is Novak Djokovic.
Less than two weeks after being kicked out of the US Open, the world No. 1 lost his cool again in a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 victory over Dominik Koepfer.
When his rival broke his serve to equalize 3-3 in the second set, the Serbian threw his racket to the ground in fury.
Djokovic was forced to request a new racket and received a warning from the referee.
In search of his fifth title in Rome, Djokovic will face Casper Ruud in the semifinals, who eliminated local favorite Matteo Berrettini 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) in a match that lasted 2 hours and 57 minutes.
With information from agencies
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