The national tennis player, who came from qualifying, fell to American Francis Tiafoe in the fourth round of the California Masters 1000, on a day when Christian Garin was also eliminated.
The talent of Alejandro Tabilo (187th ATP) on a tennis court is undeniable. His ability to open angles with his left wrist is undeniable, but also one of its great challenges is to maintain this consistency for as long as possible. In front of Frances Tiafoe (16th) In the fourth round of the Indian Wells Masters 1000, these two faces of the Chilean appeared, who had an exciting start, but failed to keep up. In the end, he ended up going down 6-4 and 6-4.
The start was crushing, the southpaw winning his serve at zero and breaking in game two with a spectacular forehand down the line. SO, He had options to go ahead 4-0, but the American reacted and largely thanks to the Torontonian failing in some vital decisions, like in a amortized at 30-40 of this game. From there, the North American started to adapt to his game and started to make a difference with shot winners and a few climbs into the net.
Perhaps the main difference between an opponent with a higher ranking and more accustomed to the decisive stages of important tournaments is the peace of mind to take advantage of opportunities. SO, Tiafoe didn’t hesitate after taking the lead and closed the first set with authority. Clean air for a player who in several passages was extremely complicated.
an early mistake
The urgent objective for the pupil of Guillermo Gómez in the second set was to refocus and try to take advantage of the options the local player could give. For this, it was essential to maintain the service and avoid direct errors, some of them due to overconfidence. However, the premise failed in the first Games and everything is mounted. He went from 40 to 15 and missed a very comfortable end to lose the kickoff.
The early advantage gave plenty of room for the home owner, who was able to handle shots and play deep, beyond the fact that the Torontonian also gave clear signs of his talent. Even, had a break point in the sixth Games . Still, the North American saved it with great quality.
Tabilo struggled to recover and had options again in the last game. Indeed, he dropped two break points (one very well played by the locals and the other, an error on the return), and Tiafoe managed to close a game that was sometimes difficult for him, but which he was able to solve in time.
In this way, Ale ends his stay in California, where he nevertheless made happy calculations, since he managed to defend the points he needed to revalidate and will have a significant rise in the classification. Additionally, he reaches the top 16 round for the first time in a contest in this category, giving him a major boost in his mission to get back into the top 100.
The defeat of the current number four in the country is added to that of Christian Garin in the same instance against the Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and that of Alexa Guarachi in doubles.
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