Schwartzman falls to promising young Korda in Miami

The American Sebastian Korda has beaten Argentine Diego Schwartzman in the round of 16 of the Miami Masters 1000 tennis tournament, seed number 5, in three sets by 6-3, 4-6 and 7-5.

Korda, 20 years old and 87th in the world in the ATP rankings, has overtaken Schwartzman, current number 5 and 28 years old, in what has meant one of the most important victories of his tennis career.

With eight direct aces by Korda, by 1 by the Argentine, and with 108 points won by 96, with 5 double faults each, the match was very close until the final part of it in which he opted in favor of the American player for the minimum advantage in the 7 to 5.

Sebastian Korda will face Russian Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals, fourth seed for the title, who beat Croatian Marin Cilic by a double 6-4.