FRENCH OPEN STATS. Schwartzman topples Thiem in the quarter. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW

Diego Sebastian Schwartzman beats Dominic Thiem 7-6¹ 5-7 6-7⁶ 7-6⁵ 6-2 in the quarter in Paris on Tuesday. Schwartzman will engage against Rafael Nadal in the semifinal.

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Diego won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 6^th (2-4) game, Schwartzman broke back in the 7^th (3-4) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-1.

Tiebreak

Diego won 4 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 4^th (4-0), 5^th (5-0) and 8^th (7-1) point. On the other side, Thiem won a minibreak in the 6^th (1-5) point.

Schwartzman won the tiebreak 7-1 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1

The Argentine converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 40-A), the 7^th (2-4 15-40) and the 9^th game (4-4 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Austrian converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 6^th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8^th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 82 points. Schwartzman won 8 points more than Dominic (45-37). Diego surrendered 12 points on serve (27-12). on the other side of the court, the Austrian conceded 18 points on serve (25-18).

Thiem came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Schwartzman in the 1^st game (1-0). Nonetheless, there was more work to do for Thiem to win the set as Schwartzman succeeded in breaking back in the 6^th (3-3) game. The Austrian maintained his focus to break the Argentine in the 11^th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

Thiem was unable to break the Argentine in the 9^th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Dominic converted 22% of his break points (2/9). He had 9 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 15-40), the 9^th (4-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11^th game (5-5 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Schwartzman converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 6^th game (2-3 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 85 points. The Austrian was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than the Argentine (45-40). Dominic dropped 14 points on serve (23-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Diego conceded 22 points on serve (26-22).

Thiem had a strong start of this set after breaking Schwartzman in the 1^st game (1-0). Nevertheless, there was more to do for the Austrian to win the set since the Argentine managed to break back in the 2^nd (1-1), in the 4^th (3-1), in the 8^th (5-3) and in the 12^th (6-6) game. The Austrian maintained his focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 6.

Dominic failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 15.

Tiebreak

Thiem won 4 minibreaks in the 4^th (3-1), 5^th (4-1), 13^th (7-6) and 14^th (8-6) point. On the other side, Schwartzman won 4 minibreaks in the 2^nd (1-1), 7^th (2-5), 10^th (4-6) and 11^th (5-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

Thiem converted 57% of his break points (4/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 5^th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 9^th (3-5 0-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Schwartzman converted 80% of his break points (4/5). He had his opportunities in the 2^nd (0-1 15-40), the 4^th (2-1 15-40), the 8^th (4-3 15-40), the 10^th (5-4 30-40) and the 12^th game (5-6 15-40).

They played 80 points. This set was so close that, Thiem won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Dominic lost 22 points on serve (18-22). on the other side of the net, Schwartzman conceded 22 points on serve (18-22).

Thiem conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Schwartzman in the 2^nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, the Argentine found the way to come back to break Thiem in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 5^th (3-2) game before winning the set at the breaker at 5.

There was an important spell in this set when Diego won 4 consecutive games in the 4^th set so as to change the score from 0-2 to 4-2.

Tiebreak

Diego won 4 minibreaks in the 5^th (2-3), 8^th (4-4), 9^th (5-4) and 12^th (7-5) point. On the other side, Dominic won 3 minibreaks in the 3^rd (2-1), 7^th (4-3) and 10^th (5-5) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5

Schwartzman converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (0-2 30-40), the 5^th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11^th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Thiem was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2^nd (1-0 30-40) and the 10^th game (4-5 40-A).

They contested 86 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Diego won just 2 points more than the Austrian (44-42). Diego conceded 18 points on serve (26-18). on the other side of the court, the Austrian conceded 18 points on serve (24-18).

Schwartzman in this set stepped up in great fashion to overplay Dominic and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking Thiem in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 8^th (6-2) game.

Thiem was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Diego was unerring in converting all his break points in the 5^th (3-2 0-40) and the 8^th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, the Argentine didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 43 points. The Argentine was the one to win the set after conquering 13 more points than the Austrian (28-15). Schwartzman dropped 5 points on serve (16-5). On the other side, Dominic conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).

Schwartzman will add to his prize money € 141,750 after conquering this match. He has won already € 425,250 till now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, the Argentine will add € 374,750 to his earnings to get in total € 800,000.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

After this encounter, the head to head between Schwartzman and Thiem is 3-6 for Dominic.

Highlights Diego Sebastian Schwartzman vs. Dominic Thiem French Open – Paris

Schwartzman’s Interview

Draw and next match H2H: Diego Sebastian Schwartzman vs. Rafael Nadal – stats

Schwartzman will face Nadal in the semifinal.

This will be the 11^th time that Diego Sebastian Schwartzman and Rafael Nadal square off. The head to head is 9-1 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on clay.

The last time that they played, Schwartzman won 6-2 7-5 in the quarter in Rome back in September 2020.

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