{"id":419200,"date":"2024-08-27T04:44:11","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T04:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=419200"},"modified":"2024-08-28T01:13:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T01:13:01","slug":"cult-hero-brings-us-open-to-tears-in-farewell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=419200","title":{"rendered":"Cult hero brings US Open to tears in farewell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Diego Schwartzman might not be American, but he was a US Open<\/a> crowd favourite right to the end.<\/p>\n

The diminutive and loveable tennis<\/a> star played his final grand slam match on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

He lost \ufeff6-7(2), 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 to Gael Monfils at Flushing Meadows.<\/p>\n

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Schwartzman played his way through qualifying into the main draw for the 11th straight year at the tournament where he twice reached the quarter finals.<\/p>\n

Schwartzman, 32, plans to end his career in his native Argentina in February.<\/p>\n

\"Gael<\/p>\n

Standing just 170cm tall, he reached the 2020 Roland-Garros semi finals and ended that year No.9 in the ATP rankings.<\/p>\n

He was emotional at the end of his match on Tuesday before being saluted afterward for his success in New York.<\/p>\n

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He received a warm embrace from Monfils and a standing ovation from the crowd.<\/p>\n

"It's difficult to speak, you know, I'm a guy who cries a lot," \ufeffSchwartzman said.<\/p>\n

"Sorry… I'm not supposed to cry now, I have to be strong.<\/p>\n

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"\ufeffOnce again playing here, 11 times… I did great but I think the entire crowd today, (and) the years before, all the Latin American people here, I don't know why they take care of me… every year. I'm not sure if I deserve or not.<\/p>\n

"But I'm really grateful.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"It's crazy for me. Since I'm young, I never dreamed of this.<\/p>\n

"I finished my career this way, it's very special and very emotional."<\/p>\n

Schwartzman won four ATP tournaments and his best performances were generally on clay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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