Tennis

Argentina's Diego Schwartzman retires from professional tennis

Diego Schwartzman, a former world number eight, ended his professional tennis career on Thursday in the second round of the Argentina Open.

Argentina's Diego Schwartzman reatcs during his second round tennis match against Spain's Pedro Martinez at the ATP Tour 2025 Argentina Open in Buenos Aires on February 13, 2025. Schwartzman, former world number eight, lost to Spaniard Pedro Martinez 6-2, 6-2 in the second round of the ATP tournament in Buenos Aires after announcing that this competition would be the last of his tennis career. Foto: Luis ROBAYO / AFP
13 February 2025

Argentina's Diego Schwartzman, a former world number eight, ended his professional tennis career on Thursday with a bruising defeat by Spain's Pedro Martínez in the second round of the Argentina Open.

Schwartzman, currently ranked 386th, pulled a surprise in the first round by beating 40th-ranked Nicolás Jarry of Chile in three sets, his first win in 16 months.

But on Thursday he was outclassed by 41st-ranked Martínez 6-2, 6-2, bringing the curtain down on the career of the Argentine player.

Schwartzman had previously announced that this would be his last tournament.

The 32-year-old, standing at just 1.70 metres (5ft 7ins) and one of the shortest male players to feature in the sport, made the semi-finals of the French Open in 2020, the same year he beat Rafael Nadal on clay at the Masters in Rome.

Over the course of his career he won four ATP titles, including Buenos Aires in 2021.

 

– TIMES/AFP

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