El Peque defeated Russian Andrey Kuznetsov in the first round. Photo: EFE/EPA/MARTIN DIVISEK.
Diego Schwartzman of Argentina, the 15th favorite for the second Grand Slam of the season, will face Jaume Munar of Spain for a place in the third round at Roland Garros.
Munar, 91st in the standings, was the first to hit and took service from Peque, who ran from behind in a very equal and controversial first set.
Little’s path
The Argentine advanced to the second period after beating Russian Andrey Kuznetsov 6-3, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 in his debut.
“Little One”, located at 16th place in the ecumenical tennis ranking, showed irregular performance but finally raffleed the premiere against a rival located at 227th place in the world ranking , who entered the second Grand Slam of the year from classification, after 2 hours and 43 minutes of play.
“You have to be realistic, I didn’t feel very comfortable today, there’s nothing wrong with it. You have to win, playing Roland Garros on a Sunday is extra pressure because you think that when you lose, it’s almost like you are. did not play in the tournament ”, the Argentine shared in a note to ESPN after his 50th major tournament victory.
“I did not have a good day,” he added, “it cost me. He came with a hip problem, the issue of mobility cost him a lot and it was a strange game from my side. I have to correct several things, Fortunately I have two days into the next game. “
The Argentine admitted that he was “not well” in his debut, that he felt “annoying” in the second set without “continuing”, but he managed to improve performance in the third and fourth sets, which allowed him to. to close out the victory after wasting three match points.
Diego will face Spanish Jaume Munar (91), now-winner German Daniel Altmaier (54) 6-1, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2.
“We played a lot of times, we trained together in Mallorca recently. He was a great fighter, very neat, he was always a tough rival,” he said of the Mallorcan, who he won in all four against the professional circuit, three of them. in brick dust (Córdoba 2020, Buenos Aires 2021 and 2022).
Schwarztman, 29, is playing his ninth Roland Garros this season, where he was a semifinalist in 2020 and twice reached the quarterfinals (2018 and 2021).
Source: Clarin
