Tennis news - Diego Schwartzman comes back against Grigor Dimitrov at Ultimate Tennis Showdown
Updated 24/05/2021 at 22:08 GMT
Argentina's Diego Schwartzman beat Bulgarian rival Grigor Dimitrov 3-1 at the Ultimate Tennis Showdown on Monday night. The Ultimate Tennis Showdown began in 2020 as a response to the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 but has continued into its second year, as an individual tennis league between some of the biggest names in the sport.
Diego Schwartzman beat Grigor Dimitrov 3-1 at the Ultimate Tennis Showdown on Monday night.
The Argentine was on the back foot in the first set when Dimitrov took him to 14-13, meaning his opponent had it all to do.
Schwartzman, 28, then came back against the 30-year-old Bulgarian when he took an equalising set at 12-10.
He then really hit his stride and with much better consistency - 16 unforced errors to his beaten opponent’s 22 - scored an impressive 17-9 to go ahead for the first time in the match.
Schwartzman then secured the win when he rounded out the win 15-10.
Earlier in the day Schwartzman secured a whitewash 3-0 win over Alexander Bublik. Dimitrov was in action earlier in the day's play, losing 3-1 again, this time to Chilean Cristian Garin.
Corentin Moutet won the day's first match, 3-1 against Taylor Fritz.
Fabio Fognini crashed 3-0 to Russia's Daniil Medvedev, and then lost by the same scoreline as he faced Fritz, falling 12-2 in a dreadful second-set showing.
Medvedev took to the court again in the evening match against Moutet. The Frenchman secured a 3-1 win over his Russian opponent. Medvedev looked to be cruising to a victory as he won the first set 18-11.
At that point Moutet launched a comeback, securing three consecutive sets 16-13, 16-10 and 18-10.
In the last match of the day, four aces was not enough for Bublik as Garin defeated him 3-0.
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