Far from his best version, which elevated him to No. 8 in the world in 2020, Diego Schwartzman He has been going through a slump for some time that sank him to 142nd place and forces him to play the tournament qualifiers. For example, he fell in the debut in the qualifying phase of the Madrid Masters 1000 and made a striking post.
“End of the trip…” he wrote Diego Schwartzman31 years old, in his account xafter suffering a tough defeat in the first round of the qualifying of the Madrid Masters 1000. After having been up set and break, in addition to having had two match points, the Buenos Aires tennis player lost to the local Albert Ramos Vinolas (105°; 36 years old) by 3-6, 7-6 (3) and 6-2, in 2h25m. Thus, “Peque”, who played six times in the main draw of the Spanish competition, was left out this time.
The posting of Diego Schwartzman generated immediate reactions from his followers. The majority directed the message towards a possible retirement, although “Peque” himself, designated as one of the new members of the Executive Committee of the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) – the organization that leads Novak Djokovic– He did not post about it again.
Bad results sadden Diego Schwartzman
“I find it very difficult when things go wrong in competition. You make a very big effort on a day-to-day basis and mentally sustaining myself with the results I have been having is complicated (…) If the victories don’t appear, to be able to enjoy the field, it is difficult. “There is very little left in the tank,” he had admitted. Diego Schwartzman last February, when he lost in the first round of the Argentina Open -tournament he won in 2021- with the Colombian Daniel Galan.
Since then, the bad results continued: the “Peque” lost in its presentations in Los Cabos, Acapulco, Indian Wells and Monte Carlo. He was barely able to overcome the qualifications of the Miami Masters 1000 and the Barcelona ATP 500, although he then fell in the first round of the main draw. This week, in Madrid, he came to do a training session with Rafael Nadal.
The last triumph of Diego Schwartzman in the main draw of an ATP was last October, in Tokyo, against Francisco Cerúndolo. In 2023, furthermore, after saying goodbye to Roland Garros in the third round (he was defending the 2022 round of 8), he left the top 100.
Madrid Masters 1000: there were Argentine triumphs
The defeat of Diego Schwartzman was the only one of the Argentines who debuted today in the qualifying of the Madrid Masters 1000. Federico Coria he beat the kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin by 6-2, 4-6 and 6-2 in 1h 57m, Tiago Tirante to french Titouan Droguet by 6-3 and 7-5 in 1h 45m, Facundo Bagnis (photo) to the Belgian David Goffin by 6-2, 2-6 and 6-3 in 1h 51m, Camilo Ugo Carabelli To Spanish Bernabe Zapata Miralles by 6-4 and 6-4 in 1h 57m, Francisco Comesaña to Italian Andrea Vavassori by 6-4 and 7-5 in 1h 25m.
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Today, for a place in the main draw of the Madrid tournament, they will play Federico Coria vs. Pablo Llamas Ruiz (Spain), Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs. Brandon Nakashima (USA), Tiago Tirante vs. Lukas Klein (Slovakia), Francisco Comesaña vs. Hamad Medjedovic (Serbia) and Facundo Bagnis vs. Giulio Zeppieri (Italy).
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