After 2h33m of battle at the Court des Princes, Diego Schawatzman won an important 2-6, 6-4 and 6-3 victory against Italian Lorenzo Musetti (83 from the planet) to make history and match his best record at the Masters 1000 in Monte Carlo, which was the quarterfinals in the 2017 edition (succumbed to Rafa Nadal)
In the next instance, he will have, a priori, a hard commitment to the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, number five in the world and champion of this competition in 2021. The Hellenic comes from leaving Serbian Laslo Djere (62°) on the road for 7-5 and 7-6 (1). Another noteworthy fact is that this was the Argentine's 50th win in Masters 1000 tournaments, finishing eighth in the historical list among the albicelestes.
After two early eliminations at the Indian Wells and Miami Masters 1000, the Little One reunited with his best version, convincingly beating Russian Karen Khachanov (6-7, 6-3 and 6-3) and Hungarian Marton Fucsovics (6-0 and 7-6).
Although the surface (brick dust) is his favorite, the Argentine was not comfortable and succumbed to the Italian's good moves. He was also erratic with the service: he barely won 40% of the points with the first and 27% with the second.
Schwartzman was also warned by the chair judge for having received coaching (instructions from his coach, Alejandro Fabbri). But after this fact the level of the albiceleste increased considerably, winning four games in a row, which allowed him to get 5-3.
In the third set, despite the exquisite great Willy de Musetti, the Little One never lowered his arms to close a convincing victory with a 6-3 in favor.
In the other matches of the day, American Taylor Fritz beat compatriot Sebastian Korda 7-6 and 7-5, Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov defeated Norway's Casper Ruud 6-3 and 7-5, Spaniard Alejandro Davidovic against Belgian David Goffin (6-4 and 6-1), German Alexander Zverev won 6-2 and 7-5 against Pablo Spaniard Carreno Busta and the Polish Hubert Hurkacz eliminated Spaniard Albert Ramos 7-6 and 6-2.
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