Christian Garin advances to Rome Masters Round of 16 after beating Emil Ruusuvuori

The Chilean tennis player continues in the title race after defeating the Finn with a 6-4 brace in the second round of the competition.

Christian Garin is pursuing the Masters 1000 in Rome at a steady pace. The Chilean won the second round of the competition on Tuesday with a 6-4 double against Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori and qualified for the knockout stages of the Italian tournament. .

The first set seemed complex at first for the national tennis player. Indeed, in the second game, Ruusuvuori, who entered this stage as a ‘lucky loser’ after the loss of Masters 1000 champion to Madrid, Carlos Alcaraz, put the former world number 17 in trouble.

Garin failed to take his serve and trailed 3-0 after the Finn confirmed the break. However, the Chilean showed signs of improvement and ended up coming back from part time. He did it by snatching Ruusuvuori’s serve at the first chance he had in the fifth. Game and took the lead in the seventh by 4-3 .

This way, Gago only had to focus on holding serve to be able to take the first set with a clear 6-4. .

The second seemed to start off favorably for Garin. After a hard-fought game, he was able to assert his fifth break option to start on top. However, the effort ended up pushing the bill against a concentrated rival who reacted in the Game next to make it 1-1.

In the Game after Garin had further chances to break his rival’s serve and ended up achieving it almost by surprise. The Chilean had an advantage and the Finn dominated the rally in a good way. And in a ball that was comfortable for him, he ended up smashing it against the net and the ball ended up outside the box.

And the advantage in favor of Garin was extended in the fourth game when confirming the previous break and the 3-1 lead .

The alert went off in the fifth game when When he went looking for the ball towards the net, he ended up touching the net and was lying on the ground showing obvious signs of pain in his right shoulder. In any case, he managed to recover to continue the competition .

in the sixth Game After the match came another moment of suffering for the Chilean. After a double fault, a break option opened up in favor of Ruusuvuori. However, Garin kept his focus to prevent his opponent from succeeding and continuing with a 4-2 lead. .

Already in the tenth game, Garin had the chance to close the game with his serve. The Chilean did not disappoint and ended up beating the Finn 6-4 and with that he entered the third round of the Rome Masters .

Now, Chrisian Garin must prepare to face the round of 16 in which he will face the winner of the shock between the Croatian Marin Cilic (23rd) and the Briton Cameron Norrie (11th).

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Source: Latercera

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