Schwartzman passed the qualification for the Miami Masters 1,000 and celebrated it like a title: the negative streak that ended after five months

The victory came as a huge relief to Diego Schwartzman, who this Tuesday had come from a set down against the Frenchman Arthur RinderknechRanked 82nd in the world, he ended up winning 3-6, 6-3 and 7-6 in a battle that lasted two hours and 43 minutes to secure a place in the main draw of the Miami Masters 1000. He had defeated local Zachary Svajda (136th) in the first round qually.

Far from the one who reached eighth place in the ranking and competed on equal terms with anyone, Peque, now 122nd in the world ranking, suffers with his tennis. This is only the first time since October last year that he has achieved two consecutive victories, what he hadn’t achieved since the M1000 in Shanghai, when he achieved three consecutive victories before losing in the round of 16 against the Chilean Nicolás Jarry.

Furthermore, he hadn’t beaten a Top 100 player since the ATP 500 in Tokyo, also in October 2023. On that occasion he beat Francisco Cerúndolo (22nd at the time) on his debut in the Japanese capital.

“These months have been complicated because of my present. I’m very happy because today I had a bit of everything I needed. Tennis appeared in the second and third sets,” Schwartzman said, happily, after the win.

He raised his arms and showed a smile that hadn’t been seen on a tennis court in a long time. And then, after greeting Rinderknech at the net, he put down his racket and celebrated with the crowd who pushed him throughout the match. “Olé, olé, olé, olé… Peque, Peque”, sang some Argentine fans present on field 5 of the Hard Rock Stadium, home of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and the NCAA’s Miami Hurricanes. And Diego vented it.

“In Miami there are always a lot of Latinos and it’s very nice to play here. I felt at ease during the whole match”, he commented on it. His next rival will be the Russian Roman Safiuillin, 39th in the world, and if he continues to advance he would face the Italian Lorenzo Musetti on the next occasion.

While, Facundo Diaz Acosta He will face Australian Alex Popyrin and Pedro Cachín will do the same against Italian Andrea Vavassori, with another Italian, the powerful Jannik Sinner, on the horizon in the second round.

Moreover, Francisco Cerúndolo (Ofner or Nishikori), Sebastiano Baez (Giron or Koepfer) e Tomas Etcheverry (Murray or Berrettini) await the debut of a rival in the next instance.