El Peque, number 16 in the ATP ranking, will face number one in the world with a goal to advance to the next round.
Argentine tennis player Diego Schwartzman, ranked 16th in the ATP world rankings, will face Novak Djokovic (1st) for the round of 16 at Roland Garros. The Buenos Aires native will try to advance to the next stage for the fourth time in his career.
How Diego Schwartzman came to the duel with Novak Djokovic
To get to this stage, Peque defeated Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-3, 6-1, 6-2. Previously, he defeated Russian Andrey Kuznetsov (228) in four sets, and Spanish Jaume Munar (87) in five sets. Meanwhile, Nole, defending champion, defeated Slovenian Aljaz Bedene (195) 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 in the third round.
The 29-year-old Argentine has fallen in the Balkans six times they have met, one of them in Paris. The Serbian won the US Open 2014, Roland Garros 2017, Rome 2019 and 2020 in the final, Australia 2020 and the same year at the Masters played in London.
Schwartzman, Roland Garros semi-finalist in 2020 and quarter-finalist in 2021 (both times he lost to Spanish Rafael Nadal), he was the only Argentine to advance to the French Grand Slam out of a total of 11 who entered the main draw..
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Source: Tycsports
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