Schwartzman celebrated his birthday with a triumph at the Cincinnati Masters 1000

On the day of his birthday, Diego Schwartzman gave himself a win against the Russian Aslán Karatsev by 7-6 (7-3), 3-6 and 6-2, which deposited him in the knockout stages of the Masters 1000 in Cincinnati.After almost three hours of match, the Peque, 30, could end up imposing his game against a fighter Karatsev (38th in the world ranking) who forced the tie break in the first set (he was taken by the Argentine for 7-3), and was superior in the second partial to stretch the definition (3-6).
But in the third chapter, the world number 16 became strong from the serve, did not give opportunities to the Russian and signed the victory with a 6-2.Now, the Porteño, who came from beating in the debut the Slovak Alex Molcan (39°), waits for the winner of the cross between the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (7th) and the Serbian Filip Krajinovic (46th). Schwartzman is the only Argentine to be in the top 16 of the tournament after sebastian Baez (35th) fell to American Taylor Fritz (18th) 1-6, 1-6. In addition, Francisco Cerúndolo (27th) lost in the first round to Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut (19th) 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 2-6.
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