Diego Schwartzman was enormously disappointed this Thursday at the Australian Open, where a local player, invited by the tournament, Christopher O’Connell, 27 years old and 175th in the world, eliminated the Argentine, thirteenth favorite. In addition, he did it in three sets (7-6 (6), 6-4 and 6-4), although the match lasted just over three hours. The little misses the third round for the first time in five years. O’Connell will play it against the American Maxime Cressy, who was able to defeat the Czech Machac (6-1, 3-6, 6-1 and 7-6 (5)).
Diego, who had beaten Krajinovic with solvency and good feelings in his debut, suffered cramps in his right thigh again, as in that match, and sank against a rival cheered on by the public, who has adapted better to the very fast conditions on court 3, which allowed him to execute 44 winners. “I was not well, unfortunately. After the game the other day, which left me with some physical consequences, I thought I would recover and it was not like that. I did everything possible, but nothing. Yesterday afternoon I ended up in a lot of pain”explained Schwartzman, who felt “very uncomfortable internally.” “The first sleeve was key, because I missed three set points. That was a very big frustration. Then he played much better,” he added.
Báez da la cara ante Tsitsipas
Sebastián Báez, 21-year-old from Buenos Aires and 88th in the world, stood up to the fourth seed of the tournament, Stefanos Tsitsipas, who suffered to win by 7-6 (1), 6-7 (5), 6-3 and 6-4 in 3h22. Without making, far from it, a great game (63 unforced errors), the Greek imposed his experience in major tournaments against a player who had never played a Slam. Báez equalized the game thanks to the defenses that allowed him He lifted 14 of Tsitsipas’ 18 break point chances. After Sebastián’s defeat, there are no longer Argentines in the individual draws, but in the doubles. The Athenian will face the French Benoit Paire, who could with the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (4) and 7-6 (2)).
Rublev does not fail
Among the favourites, Andrei Rublev showed that he is fit. The Russian quickly got rid of the Lithuanian Berankis (6-4, 6-2 and 6-0 in 1h47) with an impeccable performance with his service, which he did not lose and with which he only had to save four break points. He will face Croatian Marin Cilic, another tennis player who has arrived like a shot to Melbourne and who won 6-2, 6-3, 3-6 and 7-6 (6) to the Slovakian from the previous Norbert Gombos.
Australian Open Men’s Draw.
