The Argentinian Diego schwartzman ‘crushed’ this Thursday the Spanish Alexander Davidovich, from the previous phase, in Round of 16 of the 1,000 Masters in Paris, by 6-1 and 6-1 in an hour, which leaves him one step away from his mathematical classification for ATP Finals from London.
In line with what he has been showing at this end of the season, the Buenos Aires native played a solid game, which barely gave the Spanish options, 63 in the world at 21, which on the contrary lowered the level with respect to his previous performances.
If a few days ago in Colonia Davidovich had against the ropes Schwartzman, which was finally rebuilt and won the victory, on the Parisian indoor court the panorama was completely different and the game only had one meaning, in favor of the Argentine.
The “Peque” aspires to become the eighth Argentine to dispute the London ATP Finals, which brings together the 8 best of the season finale, the first since Juan Martín del Potro in 2013.
To achieve this mathematically you have to arrive in Paris to semi-finals, of which now only one game separates him, the one that will play tomorrow against the winner of the duel between the Russian Andrei Medvedev, third favorite, and the Australian Alex de Minaur.
If the Argentine does not pass the quarters, his classification will depend on what the Spanish do Pablo Carreño and the canadian Milos raonic, they have to lift their first trophy Masters 1,000 in Paris to divert Schwartzman from his goal of playing in London.
It would be a great prize for the best season for the Argentine, in which he has broken some of his limits.
For the first time he won on the clay of Rome To Spanish Rafael Nadal, tournament in which he reached his first final of a Masters 1,000.
Weeks later I was earning Roland Garros against the austrian Dominic Thiem his first game of more than 5 hours, which opened the door to his first semifinals of a Grand slam, who had as a prize added their entry, for the first time, in the “top 10”.
Davidovich, who on his way to the round of 16, in addition to the qualifying round, beat the Russian Karen khachanov, winner in Paris in 2018, and in French Benjamin Bonzi, invited by the organization, did not display the game he had been doing in recent weeks.
The man from Malaga risked a lot and committed many fouls, far from the level he had shown in Paris and in the two previous tournament Suburb.
