Cecchinato hammers home favourite Schwartzman to win Argentina Open

Buenos Aires, February 18: Marco Cecchinato made short work of Diego Schwartzman in a 6-1 6-2 hammering in the final of the Argentina Open.

Home favourite Schwartzman, seeded fourth, had saved match point to beat to Dominic Thiem on Saturday (February 16).

But Cecchinato was a cut above on the Argentine clay, taking a little over an hour to clinch a third career ATP title – all of which have come on the dirt.

Schwartzman held serve for 1-1 in the opening set before losing five games on the spin against the Italian.

¡Marco #Cecchinato 🇮🇹 campeón del #ArgOpen2019 🎾!

💪 Venció 6-1 y 6-2 a @dieschwartzman 🇦🇷

🏆 Consiguió su tercer título ATP pic.twitter.com/u22hUGl1jx

— Argentina Open (@ArgentinaOpen) 17 February 2019

And it was a similarly dominant story in the second as third seed Cecchinato broke Schwartzman's serve twice en route to a classy victory.