ATP Roundup: Diego Schwartzman Reaches Buenos Aires Quarters

Diego Schwartzman (ARG) hits a shot against Cameron Norrie (GBR) in their quarterfinal match during the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, Calif., on Oct. 14, 2021. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea/USA TODAY Sports via Field Level Media)

Second-seeded Diego Schwartzman of Argentina produced hot streaks in both tiebreakers and emerged with a 7–6 (2), 7–6 (4) win over Spain’s Jaume Munar on Thursday in the second round of the Argentina Open in Buenos Aires.

The first-set tiebreaker was level 2–2 before Schwartzman won the next five points. In the second-set tiebreaker, Schwartzman won the first six points. Munar then saved four match points before Schwartzman sealed the victory.

Two more Argentinians joined Schwartzman in reaching the quarterfinals. Sixth-seeded Federico Delbonis defeated Spain’s Pablo Andujar 6–4, 6–4, and Francisco Cerundolo topped Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic 6–3, 3–6, 6–2.

Fourth-seeded Fabio Fognini of Italy also advanced with a 6–4, 7–6 (5) victory over Spain’s Pedro Martinez.

Dallas Open

Both seeded U.S. players in action were pushed before advancing to the quarterfinals in Dallas.

Second-seeded Reilly Opelka got past Germany’s Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 7–6 (3), 7–6 (8) as Stebe squandered two set points in the second-set tiebreaker. Fourth-seeded Jenson Brooksby downed Italy’s Andreas Seppi 6–3, 3–6, 6–3.

Fifth-seeded Adrian Mannarino of France recorded a 6–3, 6–1 win over Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka, and Canada’s Vasek Pospisil came from behind to beat Austria’s Jurij Rodionov 6–7 (3), 7–6 (6), 6–2. Rodionov failed to take advantage of a match point at 5–6 in the second set.

ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament

Top-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece cruised into the quarterfinals in Rotterdam, Netherlands, with a 6–4, 6–1 rout of Belarus’ Ilya Ivashka.

Tsitsipas finished with a 9–2 edge in aces, and he saved the only break point he faced. Ivashka won five of the eight break points on his serve.

Second-seeded Andrey Rublev of Russia topped South Korea’s Soonwoo Kwon 6–3, 6–3, and third-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime handled Great Britain’s Andy Murray 6–3, 6–4. The Czech Republic’s Jiri Lehecka rallied past the Netherlands’ Botic van de Zandschulp 1–6, 6–4, 6–4.