Schwartzman (16th) after an erratic first set, had his chances in the second set but the number 1 reacted with six games in a row to turn the initial 0-3. The “Peque” committed five double faults in the first set and was the counterpart of the effectiveness (79%) of the Serbian in the points won with the first service.
Djokovic resolved the first set in 36 minutes and it was only in the second that an improvement was seen for the Argentine who was looking for his first victory against the Serb in his seventh match. Schwartzman’s finest moment came when he broke her for the first time of the match to go up 2-0 and then, with a substantial improvement on the first serve, extended the lead to 3-0. The Argentine was 40-30 to get 4-1 with his service but the Serbian broke him and narrowed the distance with 3-2 and after one of the longest points he leveled the match 3-3. From there, the reigning champion broke to zero to turn the score around 4-3 and after six games in a row sealed the final 6-3.
The third set started with the seventh game in a row for the Serbian but the “Peque” matched it up and found it 2-2.
However, Djokovic broke serve again in a momentous moment and extended the lead to 5-2.
The “Peque” did not let up and showed the last by saving his serve and the match point but then Djokovic defined the match with his serve for 6-3.
The Argentine only surpassed his rival in the final statistics in the first serve percentage (70% against 69%) although the Serbian was more accurate with the aces (three against one).
The 29-year-old Argentine closed the clay court season with his best performance at the ATP 500 in Barcelona, where he reached the semi-finals and lost to Spaniard Pablo Carreño Busta.
At Roland Garros, Schwartzman, who had reached the semi-finals in 2020 and the quarters in 2021 (both losing to Nadal), completed a performance from low to high until he crossed paths with number 1, as he began with wins suffered against the Russian Andrey Kuznetsov (228) in four sets, and the Spanish Jaume Munar (87) in five sets.
His best version was against the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (20), whom he beat in straight sets and having given up just six games, 6-3, 6-1, 6-2.
Sleep
Djokovic, for his part, pursues the dream of achieving the historic 21st Grand Slam title that would equal the mark of the Spanish Rafael Nadal.
“All my respect for Diego, he is a great competitor and above all a great person off the pitch. He is a clay-court specialist and he pushed me to the max,” Djokovic said in the interview as soon as the match ended.
The Serbian is undefeated after winning the Rome Masters, in what was his first title of the season.
For your part. Nadal defeated the Canadian Auger-Aliassime, in a real “battle” that ended with the victory of “Rafa” by 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6 and 6-3, after 4 hours and 23 minutes of game.
Meanwhile, the German Alexander Zverev (3) beat the Spanish Bernabé Zapata (131) 7-6 (13-11), 7-5 and 6-3, after 2 hours and 43 minutes of play, which was even in the game but not in the result.
Source: Ambito
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