Alejandro Tabilo moves into Indian Wells main draw after beating Zachary Svajda

There will be two Chileans competing in the main draw in Indian Wells. To the classification made by Christian Garin is now added that of Alejandro Tabilo, who beat Zachary Svajda in three sets during the last qualifying round.

A match that could easily have ended in straight sets, but which the Chilean extended mainly with his own mistakes in the second set tiebreakers. tense moments, Tabilo couldn’t evolve to the best and he ended up struggling to extend the match.

But in the final set, the Chilean demonstrated his superiority on court five at the venue, which sits high above the California desert. Tabilo left doubts behind and ended the duel by a score of 6-3, 4-6 and 6-4 . Numbers that show a very equal duel, which has been defined by details.

The left-hander, on the other hand, clenches his fist tightly. After a very complicated start to the year, where he went from the top 100 to almost 200 worldwide , this ranking in Indian Wells is one of the first positive news that “Jano” receives. Prior to that feat in the season-opening event of the Masters 1000, the Canadian-born athlete, lost in first round of Córdoba Open and Chile Open in addition to missing the chance to play one of the Davis Cup Series singles matches against Kazakhstan at La Serena.

Now Tabilo will have to wait until after the qualifying matches to meet his rival in the first round of the Indian Wells main draw, although he already knows who his opponents could be: Holt, Wawrinka, Bublik, Draper, Mikael Ymer, Gasquet, Carballes Baena and Galán.

Of course, Christian Garin is added to this list, since the “Tank” qualified for the main draw in the playoffs and a duel between two players from the said phase was estimated in the draw.