Nicolás Jarry advances to Australian Open second round after beating Kecmanovic

Nicolás Jarry (155th in the ATP rankings) won a precious victory on his debut at the Australian Open. The national tennis player beat Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic (28th) 6-3, 6-4 and 7-6 (3) in a duel which had to be suspended for some time due to the oppressive heat. .

Initially there was a stellar level Jarry. Very solid in service, the Chilean wreaked havoc in his service games and opened up an advantage that allowed him to play freely. Moreover, not only did the initial hits seem to go perfectly, but he also put on a great performance with the returns.

The statistics of the first quarter show the superiority of the Chilean against the former pupil of David Nalbandian. Jarry hit three acehad a 73% success rate with first serve and 15 out of zero winners ace54% efficiency on the first serve and a winner that the Serb had.

Large differences that have been maintained in the second quarter. The 6-3 in the first round was a boost for the Santiago man and he managed to maintain complete dominance on court number six at Melbourne Park. A 6-4 run in that set left him with just six games before claiming his first Grand Slam victory since the 2018 US Open. .

But the heat lengthened the wait. When Jarry and Kecmanovic were at 3-3 in the third set and had been in the match for 1 hour and 35 minutes, the suspension of the match was announced over the loudspeakers. The referee opted to use the extreme heat rule given the over 35 degrees that were at Melbourne Park at 12.30pm on Tuesday .

The measure obviously affected all matches on the auxiliary courts, allowing long hours of the day to be played only on the three indoor courts that are in the Australian Open facilities.

Once the match resumed, Jarry showed that this stoppage did not distract him from his game, even if it gave his rival more calm. Of course, it lasted until the eleventh Gamesmoment the Chilean couldn’t confirm a break option. In this way, the third set should have lasted until decisive game .

In this case, Nico was much better and ended up winning 7-6(3), allowing him to secure the match and advance to the next round. . There, he awaits the outcome of the clash between the Chinese Zhinzhen Zhang (97th) and the American Ben Shelton (92nd) to meet his rival.