The national tennis player beat the Serbian Miljan Zekic by a double 6-2, with a sustained performance. In the next instance, his rival will be Belgian Zizou Bergs.
On this Sunday evening, Tomás Barrios (230th) played the first qualifying phase of the Australian Open where faces were seen with the Serbian tennis player Miljan Zekic (233°). After an impressive performance by the native of Chillán, the match ended with a result of 6-2 and 6-2 in favor of the national player, in about an hour and a half of play.
The match started on good footing for Chile’s fourth-best tennis player, who closed the first set with a result of 6-2 in 36 minutes, earning two breaks in the duration.
The second set also started in the best way for the chillanejo, as he managed to break Zekic’s first game, which gave Barrios the lead.
The spirits of the Serbian tennis player began to heat up at this point in the match. After throwing words in the air in an aggressive tone, he received a warning from the chair umpire, indicating that he needed to calm down.
And it is that the second set was completely dark for Zekic, who was only able to recover in the fifth game and put the momentary 4-1, have undergone two of the three possible breaks . In the following example, the Serb managed to break serve for the first time in the match against the fourth best national racket.
But this match would be the last that Zekic won of the whole game, since Barrios recovered and closed the second and final set 6-2 , as in the first run. In this way, a 6-2 brace installed the Chilean in the next phase of the quality .
For this instance, the chillanejo will have to face the Belgian Zizou Bergs (129th), who just beat the local Jeremy Jin (990°) in a match that started off close, but ended in a comfortable win by 7-6 (7-3) and 6-1 .
Alejandro Tabilo (100th) and Nicolas Jarry (152nd) for their part, the classification will be decided against Nikola Milojevic (231st) Yes Otto Virtanen (175°) respectively. christian garin (85°) instead, got a direct quota in the main board.
Recall that Tomás Barrios, like Gago, played the Nouméa Challenger in preparation for the tournament in which he is currently participating. His performance did not live up to his expectations as he fell to Frenchman Geoffrey Blancaneaux (170th) in the round of 16. the return of the Chilean to the courts, since he had not played a match since June 29, 2022 due to undergo surgery to recover from his right knee.
After the Australian Open, Chile’s next challenge will be the Davis Cup , which will be played from February 4 to 5 in La Serena, where Chile will face Kazakhstan. Nicolás Massú, for his part, has the team ready, will take the top five ranked national tennis players in the ranking who would be: Christian Garin (85°), Alejandro Tabilo (100°), Nicolás Jarry (152°), Barrios (230°) and Gonzalo Lama (261°).
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