Rune Triumphs Over Schwartzman at Miami Open, Cruises Into Fourth Round
ATP
Holger Rune won yet another match at the 2023 Miami Open. This time, he beat Diego Schwartzman in straight sets.
Rune began 2023 in a very strange way after a rather successful 2022 season, which included winning the Paris Masters. Then he bounced back at the Australian Open, winning a couple of matches.
He also did well in Acapulco before losing in the third round in Indian Wells. It was a match after which he had a short exchange at the net with Stan Wawrinka.
It’s been a very up-and-down season for the young Dane, but he did arrive in Miami with a 12-6 record, which is good on its own. Still, on average, he wins two matches per event, and while he had two solid runs, that sort of up-and-down form won’t get him where he wants to be.
But the Danish player has looked much more stable recently at the Miami Open. He began it with a good win over Marton Fucsovics, winning in two sets. Now, he added yet another win, this time against Diego Schwartzman, and it was another straight-sets solid win.
Rune needed about 92 minutes to win this match. The opening set was a very interesting one as Rune won it 6-4, but it was really close. Schwartzman was super solid on his own serve, allowing only one break point, though, that one proved fatal.
He was simply not quite aggressive enough, as Rune totaled double the amount of winners Schwartzman had. The second set was quite different, as Rune won it 6-2, and it was much easier, as the result implies.
Rune dominated once again, hitting eleven times as many winners as Schwartzman had as the Argentine had one while Rune had eleven. Overall, it was a really solid display by Rune, who raised his level in the second set to win the match 6-4, 6-2.
This sort of stability in his level is what he needs to follow up on his previous success as he works towards becoming an even better player.
