Top seed Argentine Diego Schwartzman plays young Serb Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia, in the semi-finals of the 2021 ATP Buenos Aires Open on Saturday, March 6th. The exact match timing is yet to be scheduled. Get the live streaming options of this Diego Schwartzman v Miomir Kecmanovic match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Diego Schwartzman v Miomir Kecmanovic Head to Head
The pair have met once before, at the 2020 French Open which was won by the Argentine dropping four games in total.
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Schwartzman In Sight Of Title After Indifferent Start To Season
The shorter 2020 season was an impressive one for Diego Schwartzman who reached a career ranking of number nine in the world and made his first ever ATP Tour Finals.
During the year, the Argentine was a finalist at the ATP Masters 1000 in Rome where he defeated Rafael Nadal for the first time in his career, and also a semi-finalist at the French Open, defeating one of the title favorites Dominic Thiem in the quarter-finals. He was also a quarter-finalist at the Paris Masters 1000 and a finalist at the Cologne Open.
2021 has thus far not kept up the tempo from 2020 for the Argentine. He split a 1-1 record at the ATP Cup losing to Daniil Medvedev convincingly, but defeating Kei Nishikori in a three set tussle. He looked in good touch making the round of 32 at the Aussie Open, but was blown off in straight sets by the surprise package of the tournament Aslan Karatsev.
Schwartzman returned to his favorite surface, i.e. clay looking to put up a good run of form and rekindle the form from last season. He was in for a surprise loss at the Cordoba Open last week, to veteran Albert Ramos Vinalos and arrived in Buenos Aires this week low on confidence thereafter.
He has looked more assured since, with straight set wins against Lukas Klein and Jaume Munar and will be hoping for silverware to revive his season this weekend.
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Kecmanovic Finally Returning To Some Form
Regarded as one of the young rising stars of world tennis, Miomir Kecmanovic enjoyed a career breakthrough in 2020, when he won his first senior ATP title on the clay of Kitbuhel. This season thus far has been disappointing for the world number 42.
He was beaten in the first round in Antalya, and would have been hoping for better at the Australian Open than to lose to the experienced Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, in straight sets in the second round, well beaten in the end.
And last week in Cordoba, he suffered another first round defeat, this time to the eventual winner Juan Manuel Cerundulo, the world 181, who pulled off a major surprise by going on to win the event.
This week has gone well for the Serb thus far with straight set wins for him against the in-form Brazilian Thiago Monteiro and then compatriot Laslo Dere, and the Kecmanovic will be hoping he can keep the momentum going this weekend.
Schwartzman v Kecmanovic Prediction and Tip
Although Schwartzman starts as a big favorite, the mix of his current form and the tenacity of Kecmanovic on clay makes this a more even contest. Expect a tight straight sets win for the Argentine.
Tip: Schwartzman to win in straight sets: 4/6 (bet365)
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