In the blue vastness of the empty track of London's O2 Arena, Diego Schwartzman was drowning against Novak Djokovic to fall before the Serbian for 6-3 and 6-2 in 1h: 18. “I can't do anything!” say almost at the end to his coach, Juan Ignacio Chela. And it is that Nole, with five titles, is the top leader of the ATP Finals and was quick to make his command clear after Rafa Nadal's exhibition on Sunday against Andrey Rublev.
Schwartzman, number eight in the world, came out ready to shake the logical nerves of the debut at the Masters and achieved an entry break. But it was a mirage. Djokovic scrambled to give it back to him and score another at 5-3 and finish the set in 42 minutes, increasingly comfortable.
The 5-0 previous in the face to face in favor of the Serbian, with two victories this year in Australia and the final in Rome, indicated that the Argentine's game did not cause him injuries. So it was. Comfortable at the back of the court, lethal in decisions (26 winners for 14 unforced errors) and safe with the service (77% of points won with first and 65% with second), the number one did not suffer anything and ran his backhand with ease against the balls at half height of Schwartzman, who did not know or could not change the script . Forty victories already this course by only three defeats, without exerting himself, Djokovic gave a lesson of authority.