Diego Schwartzman advanced to the third round of the US Open, fourth and last Grand Slam tournament of the year, after beating the South African server Kevin Anderson 7-6 (7-4), 6-3, 6-4.
The porteño, located in the post 14th in the ATP world rankings and eleventh favorite at the US Open, it took two hours and 47 minutes to beat Anderson (77th), in a game that began to be played on the court. Louis Armstrong and had to move to Arthur Ashe because of the rain.
The 29-year-old Argentine prevailed over the South African 7-6 (7-4), 1-0, when the blows of the Hurricane Henry hitting the East Coast of the United States prevented the continuation of the match on a closed but leaky court, until it was finally decided move it to the center court.
Schwartzman, winner in the opening round of Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis (96th) in straight sets, beat a difficult opponent on fast courts as Anderson and will assume his next match against Slovak Axel Molcan (138 °), who beat local Brandon Nakashima (84th) 6-3, 3-6, 1-6, 6-2, 6-4.
Schwartzman, the number one in the Argentina Davis Cup team that will receive Belarus on September 18 and 19, in Buenos Aires, has as its best record at the US Open its access to quarterfinals in the 2017 and 2019 editions, while in 2020 it suffered a premature elimination in the initial round.
The other Argentine who continues ahead in the singles chart is Armstrong’s Santa Fe Facundo Bagnis.
Bagnis (80 °) beat Japanese Taro Daniel (109 °) and then Marco Trungelliti (198 °) from Santiago to settle for the first time in his career and at age 31 in the third round of a Grand Slam.
The santafesino will play in that instance before the surprising Dutchman Botic Van de Zandschulp (117 °), who beat Norwegian Casper Ruud (11th), champion of the Argentina Open in 2020 and winner of four titles this year: Geneva, Bastad, Gstaad and Kitzbuhel, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4.
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