The second national racket took the victory by 7-6 (5) and 6-1. The first set was very even, with both showing the same category as seen in Indian Wells, however, the second set was Gago’s absolute dominance.
The Chilean duel at the Miami Open already has its winner . In a close match, christian garin (82°) prevailed against Alejandro Tabilo (162°) by partials of 7-6(5) and 6-1 thus obtaining the place to qualify for the main draw of the second ATP Masters 1000 tournament of the season, played on hard courts.
The first quarter started evenly between the two. Both managed to win their first service games, although Garin had more complexity. Gago was slightly erratic and had difficulty tying the Games, although he ended up getting it with an ace along the way. Tabilo, for his part, showed the same solidity in his serves that we saw in Indian Wells, taking his plays without showing any greater complexity.
In this way, the first break in the game came in the fourth Games. Again, the Tank showed complications to win their match, and although they repeatedly tried to go to the net to secure the points, it wasn’t enough. Tabilo made the break . However, he was unable to confirm this and subsequently Games Gago returned the to break .
From now on, the first set remained even, which brought the finish to Tie-breaking game . In this case, the two tennis players repeatedly dropped their serves, causing mini-breaks and giving the advantage to the rival. Eventually, Garin is the one who managed to prevail . Rising to the net and finishing solidly, the ariqueño decrees the 7-5 of Tie-breaking game and tied the first quarter by 7-6 . In general, the performance of both was amazing.
The emotional blow was felt by both parties. In the second game of the second set, Tabilo was serving and it looked like he was going to take his Games Leading 40-0, however, he lost all the advantage to an increasingly solid and precise Gago. Garin came from behind, got the break and then dominated most of the game .
Finally, the second national racket obtained two breaks in the second set and took the win for 7-6(5) And 6-1 . The Toronto-born man showed a very high level in the first set, but in the second the absolute dominance was on Gago’s part.
Thus, Christian Garin continues to perform at a high level on North American soil. On Monday, he easily beat the Japanese kaichi uchida (159°) with a 6-4 double and showing a good performance. On the other hand, he also demonstrated his category in Indian Wells, the first Masters 1000 of the season. Hit knock out emerging from qualification and leaving behind rivals occupying high positions in the ATP rankings, notably highlighting Casper Ruud, world number four who fell to the Tank in the Round of 16.
Tabilo, for his part, had just beaten the Russian Alexander Shevchenko (101st) with a slightly closer result: 4-6, 6-1 and 6-4. She also reached the round of 16 of the Open BNP Paribas, where she fell to American Frances Tiafoe (14th).
With this result, Gago enters the Miami Open Main Draw and he will remain waiting to meet his rival in the next round, which will start to be played from this Wednesday, March 22.
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