Tokyo 2020: eliminated, Schwartzman left between questioning himself and anger with the organization

07/28/2021 3:23 AM

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Updated 07/28/2021 3:23 AM

Diego Schwartzman

said goodbye to

the men's singles draw in tennis at the Olympic Games.

The

Peque

defeated by Russian

Karen Khachanov

6-1, 2-6, 6-1 in the third round, could not access the

quarterfinals and now depends on the Argentine tennis mixed doubles duo, Nadia Podoroska - Horacio Zeballos , to add a medal in the discipline for the third consecutive Game.

In the middle of the Japanese midday,

under intense heat

, Schwartzman played what would end up being a meeting

as strange

as the result indicates

as fought

in a third set that the score was far from reflecting.

Because the first set was almost a formality for Khachanov: a 6-1 that he resolved in less than half an hour, becoming strong with his serve and punishing a

Peque

who won very little with his service and who

drowned in

both forced and difficult

errors.

not forced.

Diego Schwartzman will not be able to match the feat of Del Potro, who won a medal in London 2012 and Rio 2016. EFE / Juan Ignacio Roncoroni

In the second round, the expense seemed to take its toll on the Russian, who began to lose power (although he also managed to score 6 aces) and Diego, showing off his return, snatched

7 of the 10 points

that the European played with his second serve.

Despite not abounding in winners, the Argentine

hit very well

and generated several deflected blows from Khachanov to finish closing in 38 minutes and force the third set.

And there

fatigue took its toll on both of them.

It was difficult to raise my arms.

It is enough to prove what it cost them both to connect their first services (39% for the Argentine and 55% for the Russian).

At this juncture, the Russian returned better and above all he found a Schwartzman who

did not know how to close the multiple opportunities

(7) he had to break his service.

Khachanov was accurate in those moments, he

broke three times

(the last, in the decisive game) and took the match and qualification to the quarterfinals.

Schwartzman and Khachanov greet each other after the difficult match.

REUTERS / Edgar Su

At the end of the game, in dialogue with

TyC Sports

, Schwartzman navigated between his own frustration and an annoyance that he expressed regarding the situation in which both he and his rival had to play.

"I think I had chances, more than him. Well, obviously he won them. My fever is due to having so many chances,

seeing him so tired between point and point and not taking advantage of it.

It is a mixture of fever between having to do better and the conditions ", the Argentine downloaded.

And he delved into the latter: "Yesterday it was 36 or 37 degrees of thermal (sensation), today almost 40, not to mention on the court.

In the end it was a game to see who could hold the most.

After 10 or 11 balls we both looked like The Walking Dead. It gives you anger on that side, because losing, you can lose ... (But) Coming to play 16 hours after yesterday's game, every day with 40 degrees ... It gives you anger ".

Schwartzman also acknowledged that at times the novelty of the scenario could have played against him.

"The experience is completely new. I am too competitive and what corresponds to me leaves me horny; what does not correspond to me, too.

At times I played nervous

because it was the first experience and at key moments perhaps he played a trick on me "he admitted.

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