
Marco Cecchinato surprises Diego Schwartzman 6-3 7-6(8) in the 1st round in Estoril on Monday. Cecchinato will play Fabio Fognini in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 3 minutes. This run will match his best achievement in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Italian added to his prize money € 3,845 after winning this match. He has already won € 9,880 after this win. If he wins the next match, Cecchinato will add € 7,130 to his earnings to get in total € 17,010 in total.
Highlights Marco Cecchinato vs. Diego Schwartzman Millennium Estoril Open – Estoril
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Cecchinato scored 84 points vs. Diego’s 77.
Cecchinato
Cecchinato was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that he procured (4/6).
Schwartzman
On the other side, Diego had a tough time converting his break points (only 25% – 3/12). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Cecchinato and Schwartzman is 2-4 for Diego.
Draw and next match H2H: Marco Cecchinato vs. Fabio Fognini – stats
Cecchinato will square off with Fognini in the 2nd round.
This will be the 5th time that Marco Cecchinato and Fabio Fognini fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Fognini (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on clay.
The last time that they played, Fognini won 6-4 7-64 in the 1st round in Sao Paulo back in 2017.
Live score progression and stats
Cecchinato won the set after he broke Diego in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game. The Argentine tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. However, Cecchinato managed to stay calm and finish the job to win the set 6-3.
Marco converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 5th game (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Argentine converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 5th (1-3 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 59 points. The Italian conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Diego (32-27). Marco dropped 12 points on serve (20-12). In addition, on the other side, the Argentine conceded 12 points on serve (15-12).
The Italian won the set after he broke Diego in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Schwartzman tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game. Notwithstanding, the Italian maintained the focus to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 8.
Marco failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 40.
Tiebreak
Marco won 6 minibreaks in the 8th (3-5), 9th (4-5), 13th (7-6), 16th (8-8), 17th (9-8) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, Schwartzman won 4 minibreaks in the 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2), 14th (7-7) and 15th (8-7) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8
Marco was unerring in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). Marco saved 4 set points when he was 2-5, 3-5, 4-5 and 7-8 down. On the other side, Diego converted 22% of his break points (2/9). He had his opportunities in the 6th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (3-4 30-40), the 9th (4-5 0-40 and 15-40) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 102 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Marco won just 2 points more than the Argentine (52-50). The Italian conceded 31 points on serve (34-31). On the other side, Diego conceded 18 points on serve (19-18).
Tennis Scores in Estoril
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Diego SchwartzmanSchwartzman (6-3 7-68) – Stats and score progression
- Pedro CachinCachin – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Radu AlbotAlbot (7-5 7-63) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Constant LestienneLestienne – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Fabio FogniniFognini (1-3) – H2H details and stats
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Sebastian OfnerOfner (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Pedro CachinCachin – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Quentin HalysHalys (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Joao SousaSousa (0-0) – H2H details and stats





