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For the 28-year-old Argentine tennis player, this is the first victory of his career against R. Nadal. Before that, the Spaniard had won all nine matches between them.
Schwartzman had won just two sets in previous matches with one of the best tennis players in the world. This time he won the same number of sets in 2 hours and 4 minutes.
“This is definitely the best game of my career,” said the Argentine without hesitation after the victory. – I have played against the tennis players of the great trio (R. Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer – Past ed.) And before, but never before had I beat them. Until today. I’m very happy. “
Schwartzman reached the semifinals of the ATP Masters Series tournament for the second time in his career. The Argentine played for the first time in Rome a year ago, but then N. Jokovic interrupted his march.
Overall, in the Italian capital, the planet’s 15th rocket, which has never been in the top ten in the world during its career, is reaching its fourth ATP career trophy.
For Nadal, in turn, this was only his second loss this season and his first failure on his favorite terrain. In total, during his career, it was only the Spaniard’s 40th defeat on the ground in 478 games (92 percent victory).
“I played against him nine times, four or five of which I had no chance, but in other cases I felt good and had a bad score. Today I was on the card trying to do the same things and the first set was very good for me. I took every opportunity he gave me, ”said Schwartzman, who played extremely aggressively.
Argentine Denis Shapovalov (ATP-14) will play the semifinals on Sunday night. In the next semi-final, N. Dzokovic (ATP-1) will fight Norwegian Casper Ruud (ATP-34).
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