Fifth seed Diego Schwartzman put in a masterful performance in his Miami Open presented by Itau battle against Adrian Mannarino, cruising into the fourth round without dropping a set after a 6-1, 6-4 victory on Monday.
Schwartzman improved to 2-0 in his ATP Head2Head against 25th seed Mannarino in emphatic style, not allowing the Frenchman a look at a single break opportunity throughout the one-hour, 16-minute contest.
The Argentine set the tone early on inside Court Butch Buchholz, reeling off the first five games to start the match with a double-break, 5-0 lead. Schwartman’s speed and stamina were on display as he regularly outlasted Mannarino from the baseline. In fact, whenever the rallies went the distance, Schwartzman’s win percentage grew: by the end of the match, the fifth seed had won 31 points longer than five shots to Mannarino’s 18.
The only wobble for Schwartzman came late in the second set, and it was a minor one. The Argentina Open champion failed to convert his first match point on the Frenchman’s serve, but didn’t hesitate to serve it out himself in the next game.
The victory sent Schwartzman into uncharted territory, as he advanced to the Round of 16 in Miami for the first time. He has yet to drop a set this fortnight, and awaits the winner of 17th seed Aslan Karatsev and Sebastian Korda.
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