Nico (138th in the ATP rankings) won in two sets of 7-6 (3) and 6-4 against the Slovenian Lukas Lacko (299th), while the Chillanejo beat Jozef Kovalik (211th) 4-6, 6 -4 and 6 -4.
The Chileans present during the qualifying phase of Roland Garros had a successful day. Nicolás Jarry and Tomás Barrios beat their rivals and qualified for the second round of the quality for the second Grand Slam of the season whose main draw will begin on May 22.
The first Chilean to jump onto the pitch was Jarry (138th in the ATP rankings) who beat Slovenian Lukas Lacko (299th) in straight sets 7-6(3) and 6-3 after 1h36 of play.
The duel started with everything, because it was the Chilean who started by giving the first blow and managed to take the European’s serve without much effort. This advantage was maintained throughout the match and he was even able to complete the quarter earlier.
In the ninth game, Jarry managed to get a well-saved set point from his rival, which put the Slovenian down 4-5. Thus, the grandson of Jaime Fillol had the chance to close the set with his serve, but he could not do so due to the effort of Lacko, who ended up breaking and leaving the score tied. at 5-5.
Parity extends up to decisive game case in which Jarry ended up making fewer mistakes and was able to close the quarter 7-6(3) .
In the second set, the start was also strong for the national tennis player. He broke in the second game and, despite some complications, managed to confirm it and thus took a 3-0 lead. in the eighth Game He had two chances to win the game but failed to seal the break options. DIn any case, the advantage was in his favor and with his service he closed the quarter 6-3, reaching the second round of the classification in which he will have to face the Italian Salvatore Caruso (207th) .
Tomás Barrios also celebrates
Tomás Barrios, the other Chilean present in the qualifying phase for the main draw also celebrated, but had to struggle to seal his pass in the second round in three sets of 4-6, 6-4 and 6-4 against Slovenian Jozef Kovalik. ( 211°) .
After an exchange of breaks in the first and fourth Game of the match, the partial was set in the tenth game. Kovalik took advantage of Chillanejo’s failures to break his serve and stay ahead 6-4 .
In a second, Tabilo was more impactful with the break options, managing to take the set 6-4, as in the third where it only took one to advance and meet the Argentinian Marco Trungelliti (182nd) .
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