Dominic Thiem and Diego Schwartzman have each been eradicated from the Argentina Open, robbing the match of a grand slam champion and an area favorite.
Thiem, the 2020 US Open champion who’s making an attempt to regain his kind after falling to 99th within the rankings, misplaced 6-4 6-4 to Juan Pablo Varillas.
Home-town Schwartzman was crushed by Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-1 6-3.
Miralles will play one other Argentine, Francisco Cerundolo, within the quarter-finals. Cerundolo beat Jaume Munar 6-2 6-1.
Third-seeded Lorenzo Musetti beat Pedro Cachin 6-2 6-3 and can face Varillas subsequent.
In the opposite quarter-finals on Friday, top-seed and second-ranked Carlos Alcaraz faces Dusan Lajovic and second-seeded Cameron Norrie takes on Tomas Martin Etcheverry.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
