The “Peque”, number 15 in the ATP world ranking and eleventh seed, beat Millman (73) in two hours and 58 minutes of play in a match in which he had to be treated by doctors.
The porteño, who in the next round will face the winner of the match between the Americans Frances Tiafoe and Marcos Giron (qualified), exploded a racket against the floor of the fight in the definition of the second set and had to be treated because he was they drove some splinters into his left hand.
Although he closed the third set 6-2 and showed a good level, it was difficult for Schwartzman to finish the game to the point that the last game had 9 “deuces”.
Now, Schwartzman leads the record 2-1 against Millman, whom he had also beaten at the 2020 Rome Masters 1000 and with whom he lost the first time they met, in the first round of the 2016 Australian Open, by default.
The other Argentine entered in the Parisian competition, which is played on a hard surface indoors and distributes a total of prizes for 3,084,450 euros, Federico Delbonis (43), was eliminated in the first round after losing to Britain’s Cameron Norrie (13 ) by 6-2 and 6-1.
The world number 1, the Serbian Novak Djokovic, will return to the competition after an injury and will make his debut against the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics (40), already for the second round.
Source From: Ambito
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