Diego Schwartzman is one of the most important Argentine tennis players of the moment. He is currently ranked 142 in the ATP rankings worldwide, but was ranked as high as 8th in 2020.
This Sunday, the tennis player announced that he will retire from professional tennis after his participation in the Argentina Open in February 2025.
El Peque, as he is usually known, expressed his emotion through his social networks with a heartfelt message in which he announced his retirement: “Every corner of the field, every second of training, every point competing, every moment was immensely happy. I lived it with such intensity that today it is difficult for me to maintain. All those beautiful moments have become something that carries weight today and it is difficult for me to continue enjoying it fully.”
The Argentine won four ATP titles in his career: the 2016 Istanbul Open, the 2018 Rio Open, the 2019 Los Cabos Open and the 2021 Argentina Open, and also reached two quarter-finals at the US Open Grand Slams. United in 2017 and 2019.
Born into a Jewish family, in December 2021, the Hacoaj Jewish sports club in the Tigre district of Buenos Aires opened a new tennis complex and named the center court after Schwartzman, who had started at the club.
Additionally, Schwartzman also spoke publicly about his family's Holocaust history: his maternal great-grandfather was Polish and escaped from a train en route to a concentration camp.
In recent times Schwartzman could not avoid the fall. It was pitiful to see how, tournament after tournament, he was losing his effectiveness. He was seen to suffer a lot from this. I think it is a right decision. For someone who was at the top, it is very difficult to accept the decline, but he is assuming it in an adult way, perhaps because of the forcefulness of his current situation.
Regarding your Jewish roots and belonging, I regret that you have not expressed yourself more eloquently about the events in Israel. He has maintained a certain distance from everything that has to do with Judaism. Even his current partner is not Jewish. It often happens that, to enter the realm of fame, it is better not to openly declare belonging to the Jewish people with pride and commitment.