Diego Schwartzman was robbed from the hotel where he stayed in England while awaiting the start of Wimbledon

The hotel room where Argentine Diego Schwartzman stayed in Eastbourne, England, was ransacked as was the one inhabited by the Spaniard Pedro Martínez. Both tennis players lost some personal valuables that were stolen while training at the club.

Martínez, number 49 in the world, said in a statement to the British newspaper The Guardian, that when he arrived in his room on Monday he saw that his watch had disappeared and explained that he had walked the entire room to look for it and that it is finally. went to reception to report the theft.

“Fifteen minutes later, Diego appeared and the same thing had happened to him,” said Martínez, who beat Alejandro Davidovich due to the retirement of the Malaga native and assured that it was difficult to compete in those circumstances.

“My watch was stolen and some valuables stolen from Schwartzman. I had a bad night, that’s the truth. I slept little. It was difficult to play, but I tried to concentrate on the game.”

Martínez assured that the watch that was stolen from him was bought a year ago, when he first reached the third round of Roland Garros. “He had sentimental value. I don’t think they would find him because there were no cameras in the corridors.”

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Schwartzman was eliminated this Wednesday in the second round of the ATP 250 in Eastbourne, which is played on grass pitches and distributes € 697,405 in prizes. El Peque said goodbye after being defeated by Briton Jack Draper 7-5 and 7-6 (7-3).

The “Little One”, ranked 15th in the ATP world rankings and seeded fourth, had debuted in this second round and lost after 2 hours and 4 minutes of contention with the British Draper (108), who received an invitation to play in Eastbourne.

On Tuesday he had lost the other Argentine who was part of the match, Francisco Cerúndolo (42), defeated by the American Tommy Paul (35) 4-6, 7-6 (7-2) and 6-4.

The top favorite at Eastbourne’s ATP 250 is local Cameron Norrie, number 12 in the ATP world rankings, who also made his debut directly in the second round against American Brandon Nakashima (54) beating him 6-4 and 6- Due.

EFE