Ours lost in New York 4:6, 4:6 against the former 8th world racket from Argentina D. Schwartzman.
This is the 11th time in a row that D. Schwartzman has entered the US Open main tournament. What’s more, this is the 32-year-old Argentinian’s last time competing at the US Open, as he decided to retire in 2025. end his sports career in February.
V.Gaubas, who reached the decisive selection stage, earned additional 16 ATP points and 52 thousand. US dollars.
We remind you that this was just the first attempt of the 19-year-old Lithuanian tennis pearl to break into the “Grand Slam” US Open tournament.
Macho Eiga:
The first two games were particularly intense. In the first game, V.Gaub was a bit more difficult, but in the second game, after an extra fight, our team won its first game (1:1). In the third game, V.Gaubas looked good, but D.Schwartzmans showed his mastery, when in the decisive serve he broke through the net with a beautiful but weak shot, scored the decisive game point and finally took the lead (1:2).
In the fourth game of the set, the Argentinian again looked a little better than the Lithuanian and got even further away from V.Gaub (1:3). In the fifth game, V.Gaubas led 30:15, but after that, D.Schwartzman played a good section and eventually won the game and took a convincing lead against the 19-year-old Lithuanian (1:4) in the first set.
V.Gaubas started the sixth game perfectly. The Lithuanian quickly collected his points, and then the Argentinian double-faulted, which resulted in the Lithuanian winning his second game of the day (2:4). In the seventh game, V. Gaubas simply dominated. Servings, saves and impressive wrist work, when the Lithuanian broke through a seemingly impossible ball, allowed our team to win the second game in a row (3:4). V. Gaubo’s dominance continued in the 8th game. Mūsiškis handled the Argentinian dryly 40:0 and leveled the result of the first set (4:4).
In the ninth game, V. Gaubas reacted emotionally to his mistakes. The Lithuanian reacted to the failed serves by loudly shouting: “I don’t understand absolutely”. The Lithuanian fought for an extra game when he trailed 30:40, but after that he did not break the net and lost the break point and the game itself (4:5). Finally, in the tenth game, our team failed to show a better game, which ultimately led to D. Schwartzman winning the first set (4:6).
V.Gaubas started the second set powerfully. The Lithuanian served the ball perfectly, and then impressively deflected it from the opponent several times and collected easy points and won the first game (1:0). In the second game, D. Schwartzman served well, who equalized the result of the set (1:1).
In the third game, V.Gaubas again started to show his dominance in all senses. The Lithuanian won the game 40:15 and took the lead again in the second set (2:1). In the fourth game, V. Gaubas continued to show his muscles. Mūsiškis took a solid lead, perfectly defended his opponent’s blows and finally won the third game of the set (3:1).
D. Schwartzman showed his strength in the fifth game. His name was chanted by the fans gathered in New York, and with their support, the Argentine reduced his deficit in the second set (3:2). In the sixth game, V. Gaub failed to show a better game, which led to the fact that the experienced 32-year-old Argentine equalized the result of the second set (3:3).
In the seventh game, both tennis players went to the break point, where V. Gaubas made a mistake and finally lost the game itself (3:4). In the eighth game, V.Gaubas trailed 0:40, but went to the breakpoint, during which luck turned away from the Lithuanian. After our shot, the ball touched the net, fell favorably to the Argentinian, who scored a point and finally came close to victory in the second set (3:5).
The ninth game is especially fierce. The tennis players went to another break point, where this time V.Gaubas showed his class and softened the opponent’s advantage (4:5). In the decisive game, V. Gaubas did not oppose D. Schwartzman and finally ended his performance in New York (4:6).
On Wednesday, in the second round of the men’s singles competition, 19-year-old Lithuanian V. Gaubas beat 38-year-old French legend Richard Gasquet (ATP-126) 6:2, 6:4.
We remind you that V. Gaubas on August 11 won his first “Challenger” series tournament title when he beat Carlos Taberner (ATP-298) 2:6, 6:2, 6:4 in the final of the competition in Italy.
Meanwhile, D. Schwartzman defeated his compatriot 23-year-old Thiago Augustino Tirante (ATP-96) 7:5, 6:4 in the second round.
Argentine since 2014 has not missed a single US Open tournament, and the furthest he went was in 2017 and 2019, when he reached the quarterfinals of the competition. In addition, this “US Open” in New York is the last in D. Schwartzman’s career, as the athlete will play in 2025. decided to end his career in February.
During his career, D. Schwartzman won four major titles (once ATP 500 and 3 times ATP 250) – in 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2021. He also won 8 Challenger and Futures series titles each.
In the ATP ranking, D. Schwartzman’s highest climb was up to 8th place, which he boasted in the fall of 2020, but since then, the level of the 32-year-old tennis player has dropped a little.
The Argentine legend earned as much as 14 million US dollars during his entire tennis career.
We remind you that Ričardas Berankis is the only one before V.Gaubas to enter the US Open main tournament, who managed to do it three times.
2024-08-23 02:19:46