09/03/2021 17:46
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Updated 09/03/2021 20:34
Diego Schwartzman beat the Slovak
Alex Molcan
and advanced to the round of 16 of the US Open, the fourth and last Grand Slam tournament of the year that distributes prizes of $ 57,500,000. The Argentine won in straight sets 6-4, 6-3 and 6-3 in two hours and 8 minutes of play, with great solvency, and entered the fourth round of the contest. His rival in that instance will come out of the clash in his compatriot Facundo Bagnis and the Dutch
Botic Van de Zandschulp
.
Schwartzman, ranked 14th in the ATP world rankings and eleventh favorite at the US Open,
edged out Molcan
(138th)
with authority
on the Grandstand court, at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, in the New York neighborhood of Queen's. The Argentine won an even first set, in which his rival concealed the ranking difference quite well, but later asserted his hierarchy and settled it solidly.
Peque
, 29, beat Lithuanian
Ricardas Berankis
(96) and South African
Kevin Anderson
(77)
in the previous rounds
, and aims to at least match their best performances at the US Open, which were the quarterfinals of the editions of 2017 and 2019. He already far exceeded his performance from last year when he was eliminated in the opening round.
The other Argentine who continues ahead in the contest out of a total of seven who entered the main tables (six in men and Nadia Podoroska in ladies), the Santa Fe Bagnis (80), plays against the surprising Dutchman Van de Zandschulp (117) in court number 17.
After winning the first set 6-3, Bagnis gave up the following to the European 0-6 and 2-6
, so he will have to force a fifth set if he wants to continue in the contest.
At age 31, Bagnis fulfilled his best performance in a Grand Slam in New York when he settled for the first time in his career in a third round, something he achieved thanks to two triumphs over the Japanese Taro Daniel (109) and Marco Trungelliti from Santiago (198).
Van de Zandschulp surprised in the second round by eliminating Norwegian Casper Ruud (11), champion of the Argentina Open in 2020 and winner of four titles this year: Geneva, Bastad, Gstaad and Kitzbuhel.
In the case of winning their respective matches, Schwartzman and Bagnis will face each other in the round of 16.
The other Argentines who participated in the contest were eliminated, such as Federico Coria (62), Federico Delbonis (47) and Nadia Podoroska (37), all three in the initial round, while Guido Pella from Bahia (85) fell in the second round just like the aforementioned Trungelliti.
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