The hug on the network and the sincere recognition of the rival were quite a symbol. He left the best image Facundo Díaz Acosta, in a match that had everything and that showed the Argentine up to the task. The Buenos Aires native fought until the end against the world number 7, but ended up succumbing in the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 de Barcelona. It was a defeat against Stefanos Tsitsipas, who had just shined as champion in Monte Carlo. Thus, on the clay of Conde de Godó, the top ten won 4-6, 6-3 and 7-6 (10-8).
Vicente López’s left-handed player, 23 years old, played an impeccable first set against a tennis player who is in high spirits after winning the ATP in Monte Carlo a few days ago. Currently 53rd in the world, the Argentine was efficient from the start and already in the third game he broke his rival’s serve and left Tsitsipas at zero in the fourth. The Greek looked serious and quite worried until he adjusted his game, breaking the sixth to make things 3 to 3.
Díaz Acosta remained at his level, surprised again with another break based on exquisite returns and closed the set in a magnificent way to sit down with 6-4 in his pocket, after 39 minutes of play. In that first set, he only had a double fault against two from Tsitsipas, who hit a single ace.
Parity was maintained in the second set, in which Facundo Díaz Acosta remained at a very high level and gave the Greek no chance to collapse him. But Tsitsipas’s returns put the Argentine in trouble, who gave up his serve in the sixth game. That light advantage was taken advantage of by a man with high spirits, who had no more hot flashes until he won the second set 6-3. A great relief was noted in Tsitsipas when he achieved the partial, which lasted 1 hour and 12 minutes. In this set, the very low percentage of points won by the Argentine with the second serve was crucial: 29%, against 83% for his opponent.
