Los Cabos Open: Schwartzman woes continue with fifth loss in a row

Former top 10 player Diego Schwartzman lost his fifth match in a row on the tour this year, going down to American qualifier Emilio Nava in straight sets in Los Cabos.

Nava won 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the second round of the Los Cabos Open at the Cabo del Mar Sports Center on Tuesday. With the loss, Schwartzman’s record for the season drops to 1-5.

Nava, ranked No 146, will face Australian Jordan Thompson, the No 8 seed, next.

Los Cabos ATP 250, other first-round matches (Cabo del Mar Sports Center, hard, USD 915,245):

• Yoshihito Nishioka beat Flavio Cobolli (Q): 6-1, 6-0
• Rinky Hijikata beat Miomir Kecmanovic (6): 6-3, 7-6 (2)
• Nuno Borges beat Dominik Koepfer: 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Jordan Thompson beat Ernesto Escobedo (WC): 6-4, 6-3
• Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Jack Draper: 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Aleksandar Kovacevic (Q) beat Brandon Holt (Q): 6-1, 6-4
• Max Purcell (7) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
• Alex Michelsen beat Constant Lestienne: 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Daniel Evans beat Roman Safiullin (5): 6-2, 6-4
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez
• Taro Daniel vs. Marcos Giron