Diego Sebastian Schwartzman hustles Lorenzo Sonego 7-5 3-6 6-2 in the semifinal in Buenos Aires on Saturday. Schwartzman will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Casper Ruud in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 56 minutes. Diego won this tournament once in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Argentine added to his prize money $ 22,025 after winning this match. He has won already $ 53,435 after this win. If he wins the next match, Diego will add $ 38,165 to his earnings to get in total $ 91,600 in total.
Highlights Diego Sebastian Schwartzman vs. Lorenzo Sonego Argentina Open – Buenos Aires
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Schwartzman scored 107 points vs. Sonego’s 100.
Schwartzman
Diego won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 47% (7/15) of the procured opportunities.
Sonego
On the other side, Lorenzo was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 45% – 5/11). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Schwartzman and Sonego is 2-0 for Diego.
Draw and next match H2H: Diego Sebastian Schwartzman vs. Casper Ruud – stats
Schwartzman will play Ruud in the final.
This will be the 8th time that Diego Sebastian Schwartzman and Casper Ruud clash against each other. The head to head is 5-2 for Schwartzman (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Schwartzman won 4-1 ret. in the 1st round in Rio de Janiero back in 2018.
Live score progression and stats
Diego won the set after he broke Lorenzo in the 5th (3-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Sonego tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Notwithstanding, Diego maintained the focus to win the set 7-5.
Diego was spot on in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A). On the other side, Sonego converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 77 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Argentine won just 3 more points than the Italian (40-37). Schwartzman lost 13 points on serve (24-13). On the losing side, Lorenzo conceded 16 points on serve (24-16).
Schwartzman had a favorable start in this set after breaking Lorenzo Sonego in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, Sonego managed to stage a good comeback to break Schwartzman 3 times in the 4th (1-3), in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Diego was powerless in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 0-3 to 6-3.
Lorenzo was spot on in converting all his break points in the 4th (1-3 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (2-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Argentine was on the money in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (3-1 0-40) and the 9th game (3-5 40-A).
They played 68 points. Lorenzo was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Schwartzman (36-32). Sonego surrendered 15 points on serve (15-15). On the losing side, the Argentine conceded 21 points on serve (17-21).
Schwartzman didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Lorenzo Sonego in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. However, that wasn’t sufficient for Diego to win the set as the Italian managed to break back in the 7th (2-5) game. Schwartzman kept his focus to break the Italian in the 8th (6-2) game.
A defining moment of this set was when Schwartzman won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
Diego converted 30% of his break points (3/10). He had 10 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (3-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Lorenzo converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 7th game (1-5 0-40 and 15-40).
They contested 62 points. Diego was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Lorenzo (35-27). Diego surrendered 8 points on serve (13-8). In addition, on the other side, the Italian conceded 22 points on serve (19-22).
Tennis Scores in Buenos Aires
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-5 3-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Casper RuudRuud – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (2-5) – H2H details and stats
