Christian Garin forgets his fall in Chile and progresses in the qualification of Indian Wells

“I’m going to play the quality from Indian Wells, then a Challenger. I have to watch, but I have to compete and add matches. I need to be consistent and that is done by playing. That is what he said Christian Garin, he narrowly fell to Sebastián Báez in the round of 16 of the Chile Open.

And what had been promised began to be fulfilled on Monday evening, when the world number 97 faced the young Learner Tien (785th) on court five of the American tournament. And he did it in a great way because the local He made those present forget that he was only 17 with your game. But that didn’t intimidate the Chilean and he managed to settle the first set at the right time, to take it 7-5.

Then, in the second round, the man from the capital had to fight a lot more, as he was able to wrap it all up while leading 5-3, but gave up several Games in a row and had to take the Californian to the decisive game and win 7-6 (9-7). Victory which makes him the master of the match and will allow him to continue to progress in the first Master of the season: he will now play with the Austrian Filip Misolic (146th) to try to climb into the main draw.

Garin achieved this result thanks to the six aces he obtained in the match, the 64% efficiency on his first serve and 67% of the points won with this serve . Moreover, he saved three of the seven break points he had in the match and won 5 of the 8 he got against Tien.

Garin and Tabilo were present in Indian Wells, but the world number one was unable to attend as he was not vaccinated against coronavirus. We are talking about Novak Djokovic, who will lose the opportunity to score important points to remain at the top of the ATP Tour, as vaccination against Covid-19 is an essential requirement to enter the northern country.

And although the Serb has applied for an exemption permit to enter the country, Florida Republican Senator Rick Scott revealed that it had not been granted. Thus, a few hours later, the organization of the competition announced on its social networks that “Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the Open BNP Paribas 2023. With his withdrawal, Nikoloz Basilashvili will enter the field ”.

With Djokovic out of the Masters, Carlos Alcaraz (2nd) will be the seed of the draw and will have the mathematical option of regaining top spot in the standings, as long as he lifts the trophy and then defends his crown in Miami.