Chileans at Roland Garros: Nicolás Jarry is one step away from the main draw but Tomás Barrios says goodbye to Paris

Dispar day for the national delegation which disputes the qualifiers of Roland Garros. While Nicolás Jarry (138th) played a great match against Salvatore Caruso (207th) and settled in the last qualifying round, Tomás Barrios (140°) could not maintain consistency to beat his rival, the Argentinian Marco Trungeliti (182nd).

In Jarry’s case, the meeting was a nervous breakdown. The Chilean played very deep and powerful tennis, but the Italian was always ready to return another ball, almost always delivering hotly contested points. In this battle, it was his serve that made the difference: Nicolás connected 17 aces, while his rival none.

This weapon was the one that always gave a small advantage to the national, being even the final blow of the match. Jarry closed the match with two consecutive aces , despite claims by Caruso who at match point felt the ball was bad. He even left court 13 at Roland Garros taking a photo of the mark.

In the last game for the passage to the main draw, the grandson of Jaime Fillol He will have to face an acquaintance, the Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas (122nd) . The two have met in many South American Legion tournaments, so they know each other well. They have faced each other four times, including three wins for the national team. Of course, at their last meeting, the Inca celebrated.

But all was not good for Chilean tennis that day. Hours before Jarry’s celebration on court 13, the other Chilean who was playing in qualifying was left out. Tomás Barrios fell 3-6, 4-6 to Argentinian Marco Trungeliti and said goodbye to Paris.

A match where two factors were decisive. First of all, the physique of Tomás, very diminished from the beginning, affected, most likely, by the trip from South America to Europe and the lack of preparation on Gallic soil.

But he also had to face a player with tremendous experience in this kind of finish. Trungeliti, known to have been the player who filed a match-fixing complaint in Argentina, is playing his 31st Grand Slam qualifying match obtaining nine times the classification.

A hard blow for Tomás, who will not have time to regret his absence from Roland-Garros, since he immediately must travel to Germany to play the Troisdorf Challenger . A new opportunity to reproduce the good performances achieved in South American tournaments in recent months.