Johannesburg – South Africa Tennis players Lloyd Harris and Kevin Anderson faced a huge blow on their ATP San Diego Open matches after suffering humiliating defeats in the tournament.
The Argentine’s Diego Schwartzman pulled a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 slate win to defeat Harris in bid to set a quarter-final clash with Andrey Rublev.
The World’s number 32 faced turmoil in the second round, having lost to the unstoppable Schwartzman Harris in the second round.
Diego's a GO ✌️@dieschwartzman rallies to defeat Lloyd Harris 4-6 6-3 6-2 to set a quarter-final clash with Andrey Rublev at #SanDiegoOpen pic.twitter.com/2QraboDIoX
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) September 30, 2021
Anderson suffered a humiliating loss, when British Number one’s Daniel Evans stacked down Kevin Anderson 7-6 (11) and 7-5 to face his fellow countryman, Cameron Norrie at the quarter finals.
The 31-year-old Evans has played Norrie only once on the ATP’s main tour – in the first round of this year’s Australian Open, with Norrie declaring win in all four sets.
Diego's a GO ✌️@dieschwartzman rallies to defeat Lloyd Harris 4-6 6-3 6-2 to set a quarter-final clash with Andrey Rublev at #SanDiegoOpen pic.twitter.com/2QraboDIoX
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) September 30, 2021
The pair also met in the final of a challenger series tournament in Aptos, California, in 2016, with Evans winning 6-3 6-4.
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