Diego Schwartzman experienced few problems in his 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 victory over Philipp Kohlschreiber on Saturday to reach the Roland Garros fourth round.
The Argentine 10th seed, who last year reached the semi-finals (l. to Nadal), struck 24 winners and won 77 per cent of his first-service points (33/43) for victory in just over two hours. Schwartzman came into the major championship with a 2-5 record on European clay this season, but has yet to drop a set in his three matches in Paris.
Schwartzman will next face another German, Jan-Lennard Struff, who overcame #NextGenATP Spanish qualifier Carlos Alcaraz. Schwartzman now holds a 15-10 record this year and won the Argentina Open title (d. F. Cerundolo) in March to become the first home-grown champion at the ATP 250 event since David Nalbandian in 2008 (d. Acasuso).
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Struff stopped Alcaraz 6-4, 7-6(3), 6-2 to end the 18-year-old’s impressive debut run in Paris. Struff, who upset seventh-seeded Russian Andrey Rublev in the first round, hit 37 winners, including 10 aces, over two hours and 16 minutes.
World. No. 97 Alcaraz was the youngest man to reach the third round at Roland Garros since Andrei Medvedev in 1992. However, Struff proved too strong for the qualifier, winning 83 per cent of his first-serve points (35/42) to improve to 16-13 for the season.
The Argentine 10th seed, who last year reached the semi-finals (l. to Nadal), struck 24 winners and won 77 per cent of his first-service points (33/43) for victory in just over two hours. Schwartzman came into the major championship with a 2-5 record on European clay this season, but has yet to drop a set in his three matches in Paris.
Schwartzman will next face another German, Jan-Lennard Struff, who overcame #NextGenATP Spanish qualifier Carlos Alcaraz. Schwartzman now holds a 15-10 record this year and won the Argentina Open title (d. F. Cerundolo) in March to become the first home-grown champion at the ATP 250 event since David Nalbandian in 2008 (d. Acasuso).
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Struff stopped Alcaraz 6-4, 7-6(3), 6-2 to end the 18-year-old’s impressive debut run in Paris. Struff, who upset seventh-seeded Russian Andrey Rublev in the first round, hit 37 winners, including 10 aces, over two hours and 16 minutes.
World. No. 97 Alcaraz was the youngest man to reach the third round at Roland Garros since Andrei Medvedev in 1992. However, Struff proved too strong for the qualifier, winning 83 per cent of his first-serve points (35/42) to improve to 16-13 for the season.