El Peque fell against the German 6-7 (2), 6-1 and 6-4, in his ATP 500 debut in China.
Argentine tennis player Diego Schwartzman was quickly removed from Beijing ATP 500China, lost this Friday in the initial round with Germany Alexander Zverev of 6-7 (2), 6-1 and 6-4.
The diminutive Schwartzman, 31 years old and relegated to 133rd place in the ATP world ranking after a year without good results, managed to play on equal terms with a top ten player with Zverev (10), who only beat him after two hours and 27 minutes of play.
The 26-year-old German regained his level after being injured for most of last year and won the ATP in Chengdu, China, on Tuesday, the 21st title of his career. Next time he will meet the Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (25), who defeated the local Yi Zhou (905) 6-2 and 6-2.
Etcheverry, the only Argentine in the race in Beijing
With Peque’s loss, the only Argentine who continues ahead in Beijing is the player from La Plata Tomas Martín Etcheverrywho defeated South African Lloyd Harris (149) yesterday in the opening round 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4) and 6-3, and will play again on Saturday against whoever wins the duel between the German Jan Lennard Struff (22) and the Norwegian Casper Ruud (9).
The ATP 500 in Beijing is played on a fast surface and indoors, will distribute prizes of $3,798,915 and Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz (2) is the top favorite for the title, who will debut later against the German that is Yannick Hanfmann (53).
Source: Tycsports
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