The Chilean tennis player, 187th in the ATP ranking, beat the Australian Jordan Thompson (87th) in a set followed by 6-3 and 7-6 (6). From now on, he must face the American Frances Tiafoe for the passage in the quarter-finals.
Alejandro Tabilo accompanies Christian Garin in Indian Wells Round of 16 . The fourth national racket, 187th in the ATP rankings, beat Australian Jordan Thompson in straight sets 6-3 and 7-6(6) in the North American event.
The duel started evenly and with the ocean bothering Tabilo at the start. Indeed, the national player had to save three break points in the third game of the match before taking his service.
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Already in the second set, the story seemed to get complicated for the Chilean. Tabilo and Thompson faced off in Game 2. Si bien el zurdo alcanzó a salvar un punto de quiebre, no pudo hacer nada en la secunda chance que tuvo el australiano y terminó cediendo el servicio quedando 0-2 abajo y que luego amplió a 0-3 después de que su rival lo confirmara in the Games following.
Tabilo then had to face two new break options in the sixth game, although with practice he managed to save the day but was still down 2-4 in the set. .
The Chilean’s rebound came in the ninth game. There, as the Aussie served to take the set, the native Canadian took advantage of his rival’s nervousness and recovered the serve, leaving the score at 4-5.
In the next game, Tabilo collected a counter set point and managed to tie the set at 5-5. After that, the two tennis players kept their serves, which ended up forcing the definition in the decisive game where the Tabilo also had to come from behind.
The Australian led 6-3, but the Chilean managed to save another three set points and turn things around until he won the set and the match 7-6 (6) .
With this victory, Alejandro Tabilo enters for the first time in the round of 16 of a Masters 1000 and in the fight to reach the quarter-finals he will have to face the American Frances Tiafoe.
Garin is also progressing at Indian Wells
The first Chilean to jump onto the pitch on Sunday was Christian Garin. The current 97th in the ATP rankings had to take up a major challenge against the Norwegian Casper Ruud (4th) and picked up one of his best wins of his career after picking up his third victory against a top ten .
Gago kept the match 6-4 and 7-6(2) a result that puts him in the round of 16 of a Masters 1000 after almost a year.
Thus, he will face the Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich (28th) for the passage in the quarterfinals. The Hispanic has just beaten the Russian Karen Khachanov (15th) 6-3, 1-6 and 6-4.
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