The Argentine Diego Schwarztman advanced to the third round of the Indian Wells Tennis Masters 1000 on Sunday by beating the Finn Emil Ruusuvuori 5-7, 6-3, 6-3.
The “Little” Schwarztman, ranked 14th in the ATP world ranking, effortlessly beat the young Finn Ruusuvuori (70), after 2 hours and 44 minutes of a changing game.
The tennis player from Buenos Aires, who made his debut directly in the second round of the Californian tournament, will be measured in the third phase of the contest against the powerful American server John Isner (23), who beat his compatriot Sam Querrey (114) 7-6 ( 8-6) and 7-6 (7-2).
In turn, Facundo Bagnis (82), from Santa Fe, the other Argentine who continued in the tournament, was eliminated by South African Lloyd George Harris (32), losing 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, after 1 hour and 59 minutes of game.
Meanwhile, last night Federico Delbonis (34) fell against the Australian Nick Kyrgios (132) 6-2 and 6-2, after 1 hour and 6 minutes of play; and the Rosario Federico Coria against the British Daniel Evans (27) by 6-2 and 6-0, after 1 hour and 8 minutes of confrontation, in two second round matches.
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Evans will have as rival Rafael Nadal (4), who yesterday starred in an epic comeback in his debut in Indian Wells, beating the American Sebastian Korda (38), 21, 6-2, 1-6 and 7-6 (7-3).
The Spaniard came to be at a 2-5 disadvantage in the final set, but the pressure felt by the son of former tennis player Petr Korda made it possible for Nadal to overcome to continue in the Californian tournament.
For his part, the Russian Daniil Medvedev premiered his number 1 status with a comfortable victory against the Czech Tomas Machac (158) 6-3, 6-2 and in the third round he will face the French Gael Monfils (28) , who left Serbian Filip Krajinovic (40) on the road by beating him 6-3, 6-4.
The Indian Wells Masters 1000, in California in the United States, is played on fast courts, distributes 9,554,920 dollars in prize money and is the first tournament in this category of the year.
