Schwartzman overcomes Norwegian teen in Hamburg opener

The 25-year-old Argentine, who reached the French Open quarter-finals last month, saved four break points in the final game to claim his 18th clay court match win of the season.

Schwartzman overcomes Norwegian teen in Hamburg opener

(Reuters)

Schwartzman will take the result as a confidence booster having lost four of his previous five matches on Tour.

He will next face German qualifier Daniel Masur, who recorded his first Tour-level victory of the season by defeating Maximilian Marterer 6-3 6-4.

Defending champion Leonardo Mayer looked impressive as he raced past Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-3 6-2 in 83 minutes.

Fourth seed Damir Dzumhur, ranked 24th, struggled with his serve and was broken four times in a shock 6-2 6-4 defeat by Slovakian qualifier Jozef Kovalik.

It was Kovalik's highest-ranked win since he overcame then world number six Marin Cilic at Chennai in January last year.

(Reporting by Hardik Vyas in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Radnedge)


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