The national tennis player fell in four sets against the American Sebastian Korda, by partials of 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 and 6-2, in two hours and 34 minutes of play.
Beginning and farewell to christian garin (87th in the ATP ranking) at the 2023 Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the season. The national tennis player fell in four sets against the American Sebastian Korda (31st), by partials of 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 and 6-2, in two hours and 34 minutes of play.
It was not an easy game for the Chilean. Sebastian Korda, 22, seeded 29 at the Australian Open and son of legendary Czech tennis player Petr Korda, was a recent runner-up in the Adelaide tournament, losing in the final to Novak Djokovic. To this must be added the heat and humidity prevailing in Melbourne.
The first set started favorably for the North American, leading 2-0, with a break in favor. Garin rallied to make it 2-2. The national settled into the game better and came back to 4-3. However, Korda broke again and eventually won the first set 6-4, in 46 minutes.
In the second set, Garin quickly took a 2-1 lead and that distance was going to increase. He broke to make it 3-1 after a long fourth game. He sealed a stunning second set winner 6-1 in 35 minutes, while support from the Chilean bar on court 7 became more noticeable.
The third set was a boost for Korda, leaving 3-0. In game three, Garin held on to avoid the break, but gave up. The Chilean trailed 4-1 but tried to stay involved in the game. But with each failure, he was frustrated. In short, the North American won 6-3 in 45′.
The Tank was to come out of the fourth set gracefully, otherwise, it was the premature farewell of the Australian Open. However, the set started with a Korda maintaining his consistency, breaking in game three to be 2-1 in his favor. Korda won 6-2 in less than half an hour, the shortest set of the match.
In this way, Garin says goodbye to the first big tournament of the year. Thus, he is wasting the option of trying to match his best performance in Australia, which was last year (third round). The Chilean had only 20 winners, against 44 for his opponent.
Korda, winner of this match, already has a rival for the second round. It’s about Japanese Yosuke Watanuki (138°) , who beat Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech (59th) in three sets. The splits were 6-3, 6-3 and 6-2.
For this Monday (on the night of Chile) the premiere of Nicolás Jarry (154°) is planned. On court 6, the grandson of Jaime Fillol will face the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic (27th).
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