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Patna : 8th Seed Diego Schwartzman, 28, Argentina, defeated 12th seed Denis Shapovalov, 21, Canada, in a three-set battle in men’s singles semi-finals outlasting the 10 Aces hammered by the latter to reach the Italian Open Final on September 20, 2020, late night. Schwartzman will clash with top seed and World No 1 Novak Djokovic, 33, Serbia, in final at 8.30 pm on September 21, 2020. Djokovic leads Schwartzman 4-0 Head to Head.
Scheartzman, who had stunned 2nd seed and nine time champion Rafael Nadal, the King of Clay, in the quarter-finals on September 19, 2020, late night, beat Shapovalov 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 in semi-finals at Foro Italico, Rome, Italy. Shapovalov, who had reached reached US Open QFs recently, committed 8 double faults in the match to 2 by the Argentine. Schwartzman did not serve any Ace in the match.
Both the players won 6 break points each in the match. The Argentine won 113 points in the match to 112 by the Canadian indicating how close the contest was. Both the players also won 3 games each in a row in the match.