The Little Schwartzman could not with the Russian Andrey Rublev this Friday and was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the ATP 250 in San Diego, United States, on fast surface and with prizes of $ 661,800.
The porteño, located in 15th place in the ATP world ranking, succumbed to the Russian (5th and top seed for the title) 6-1 and 7-5 after an hour and 52 minutes of play. Now, Rublov will face the British nationalized Cameron Norrie (28th), who gave the note and removed the Canadian Denis Shapovalov (13th) by a resounding 6-3 and 6-1.
In this way, Schwartzman lost for the second time in ten days to the Moscow native, who had beaten it in three sets (4-6, 6-3 and 11-9) in a Laver Cup match, played in the city of Boston after the Davis Cup series against Belarus.
The other quarter-final crosses will be Russian Aslan Karatsev (24th) against Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (29th) and Norwegian Casper Ruud (10th) against Italian Lorenzo Sonego (23rd).
Argentine tennis players won two ATP tournaments this year, both at home: Schwartzman at the Argentina Open played in Buenos Aires, and Juan Manuel Cerúndolo at the Córdoba Open.
While, In the doubles table, the Azulean Federico Delbonis and the Salvadoran Marcelo Arévalo prolonged their good moment and they beat the duo made up of the German Andreas Mies and the American Austin Krajicek 6-1, 3-6 and 10-5.
The Latin American duo had just achieved a great victory over the strong pair made up of the British Jamie Murray and the Brazilian Bruno Soarez.
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