The Argentine tennis player Diego Schwartzmanplunged into an adverse streak of just one win in the last 13 games he played, will face the Chilean Nicolás Jarry today for the round of 16 of the ATP 250 in Santiago.
The “Little” Schwartzman, who fell back to 37th place in the ATP world ranking, will close the day not before 8:30 p.m. once morest Jarry (87), a rival whom he beat the four times they met on the circuit, all in 2018 .
The 30-year-old Argentine beat the Chilean in Rio de Janeiro, the Masters 1000 in Miami and Rome, and the Davis Cup series played in San Juan, without losing a set.
In any case, the Argentine, who was excluded from the initial round, is going through a negative moment, while Jarry seems to have rediscovered his best version at the age of 27 and has just been a semifinalist in the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro, and in Santiago beat Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas (77) in the initial round 7-6 (7-1) and 6-4.
In the case of advancing to the quarterfinals, Schwartzman will face the Spanish Roberto Carballes Baena (74) or the German Yannick Hanfmann (153) on Friday.
The ATP 250 in Santiago, which will distribute prizes for $718,245, has the Italian Lorenzo Musetti (18) as the top favorite for the title and will close the tour on brick dust in South America that included the Córdoba Open, the Argentina Open and the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro.
The 20-year-old Italian will play not before 4:00 p.m. once morest the Spanish Jaume Munar (66).
The contest has classified for the round of 16 four other Argentines who will play their matches this Thursday.
Francisco Cerúndolo (32), second favorite for the title and excepted from the initial round, will face this Thursday Tomás Martín Etcheverry (76), from La Plata, who eliminated the experienced Italian Fabio Fognini (82), 35, in his presentation.
The winner of that key among the Argentines will play on Friday in the quarterfinals once morest the Serbian Dusan Lajovic (75) or the Buenos Aires Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (108), who defeated in the initial round the Cordovan from Bell Ville Pedro Cachín (61) by 6-4, 3-6 and 6-3.
Lastly, Sebastián Báez (35), from Buenos Aires, a finalist in the previous edition in Santiago and champion this year at the Córdoba Open, will enter the round of 16 directly and will be played by Chilean Cristian Garín (100), who he eliminated in the round starter to the Austrian Dominic Thiem (99).
In the case of advancing to the quarterfinals, Báez will meet on Friday with the Serbian Laslo Djere (55) or the Italian Riccardo Bonadío (182), emerged from the classification.
The ATP 250 of Santiago will have a new champion this year, since the one who won it last year, the Spanish Pedro Martínez (117), fell in the initial round once morest the German Hanfmann.
