PARIS — Diego Schwartzman knew just how to explain his ability to overcome a mismatch of nearly biblical proportions.
“Did you read David and Goliath?” he asked, grinning.
Nicknamed El Peque, or the Little One, Schwartzman is perhaps generously listed at 5-foot-7, but he was able to turn the tables against 6-foot-8 Kevin Anderson, climbing back for a 1-6, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (0), 6-2 victory in a fourth-round match at the French Open on Monday afternoon.
Schwartzman said he read the David and Goliath story in school as a boy. “I just try to think of that whenever I see Kevin, or the guys who have two meters,” he said.