Argentina secured victory in the series with Greece on Monday, for the second date of the ATP Cup that takes place in Sydney, following Diego Schwartzman’s great triumph over Stefano Tsitsipas, world number 4, by 7-6 (7- 5), 6-3 and 6-3.
The “Peque”, thirteenth in the ATP ranking, defeated the “top ten” tennis player in two hours and 43 minutes of play on the fast track of the Ken Rosewall Arena in the Australian city.
“I was just trying to think it was his first game in two months following his elbow injury, so I was thinking regarding trying to be in the game. I had the opportunity and I think I was ready,” admitted the Argentine following the victory that he left it 2-1 in favor in the history with the Greek.
Schwartzman also defeated him on fast courts at the Antwerp, Belgium tournament in 2017 and Tsitsipas did it in Barcelona (brick dust) the following year.
Before that match, Azulean Ferderico Delbonis had left the “albiceleste” team 1-0 up following beating Michail Pervoñarakis 7-6 (5) and 6-1. Next, the Máximo González-Andrés Molteni duo completed the 3-0 by overcoming by 6-3 4-6 and 11-9 Markos Kalovelonis and Petros Tsitsipas in the third point of the key for group D.
For Argentina, this Monday was the second win in the tournament, without giving up points. On Saturday they had defeated Georgia 3-0, thanks to the triumphs of Delbonis over Aleksandre Metreveli, Diego Schwartzman once morest Nikoloz Basilashvili and González-Molteni over Saba Purtseladze and Zura Tkemaladze, all 6-1 and 6-2.
The team led by Alejandro Fabbri, one of Schwartzman’s coaches, will define their qualification for the semifinals this Tuesday from 8:00 p.m. once morest Poland, which this Monday defeated Georgia (3-0) and also accumulated two series won.
The group stage of the ATP Cup runs through January 6. In the first semi-final, the winner of group A will meet the winner of group D on January 7. The second semi will be the 8th between the winners of groups B and C. And the final will be held on January 9.
The criteria for defining each zone are as follows: number of series obtained, greater number of matches won, better set averages and best game averages. In case of equality in all these aspects, the confrontation with each other is taken into account.
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