Djokovic warning: walk against Schwartzman

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Diego Schwartzman

waited reluctantly and his shoulders slumped to be given the balls to serve.

"I can't do anything," he said, looking in the direction of his coach,

.

It was still split, but it had been a while since he had mentally handed over the spoon.

In an hour he had gone from breaking

serve to

losing 6-3 and 6-2.

After the great debut of

against

, the Serbian marked territory by passing over the Argentine.

Before meeting him in the final final of the Masters 1000 in Rome, Schwartzman said that to beat Djokovic he needed to "give more than 100%".

The Argentine knows it well, who has lost the six times they have met.

When he learned about the draw for this Masters Cup,

, who qualified at the last minute, qualified his words, but there was something certain in them, especially on the fast track: out of three times they have played on this surface, he has not managed to scratch even a set.

It could not be expected with such a cold start to the game.

As if they had caught the empty stands and those papier-mâché applause, the two started at half throttle and the Argentine was the first to get a slice.

He broke the Serbian's serve in the third game although he soon lost the advantage.

From there to the end of the match he would only win three more games.

The last one almost for a tip, with

risking and trying himself for whatever comes next.

"I can't do anything"

While Djokovic was warming up, Schwartzman was left unsteady.

Towards the sixth game, the Serbian was already beginning to command with his right, to impose himself on the net, while the Argentine doubted each time he failed the first service: he only won 35% of the points he had to play with the second (3 / 11 in the first set), compared to 65% shown by Djokovic, who by the time the first act ended had already entered cruise mode.

Impossible to approach the world number one in a tournament that he has already won six times.

"I just can't do anything,"

Schwartzman

rightly lamented

.

But

is good at getting started in the Masters Cup: since he lost in his debut against David Ferrer in 2007, he has never lost a first game in the last tournament of the year again.

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