Diego Schwartzman fell to Stefanos Tsitsipas and was eliminated from Roland Garros

Argentina’s Diego “Peque” Schwartzman lost in straight sets to Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas and was eliminated in the third round of Roland Garros, his second Grand Slam of the season. In the Court Suzanne Lenglen, the porteño could not against the fifth best racket in the world that beat him in three sets by 6-2, 6-2 and 6-3. The number 95 of the ATP ranking came from beating the Portuguese Nuno Borges (80th) in three sets. In fact, with that victory, he became the third Argentine tennis player with the most wins (23) at the French Open: only below Guillermo Vilas (57) and Gabriela Sabatini (42). As a negative fact, the “Peque” could not defend the points of the second round harvested in the 2022 edition and, for that reason, will leave the top 100 for the first time since 2014.On the other hand, in the fourth round, Tsitsipas will face the Austrian Sebastian Ofner (118°), who comes from the qualy and left on the way the Italian Fabio Fognini (130°) by 5-7, 6-3, 7-5, 1-6 and 6-4.Roland Garros, which is played at the complex located in the Parisian neighborhood of Bois de Boulogne, has three other Argentines installed in the third round who will play this Saturday. They are Francisco Cerúndolo (23rd), Tomás Martín Etcheverry (49th) and Genaro Olivieri (231st).

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