Garin reacts in time and advances Miami Open fights: ‘I like the way I play, I can go far’

Christian Garin (82nd in the ATP ranking) is still in the running at the Miami Open . The national tennis player picked up a hard-fought victory over American Marcos Giron (71st) and qualified for the second round of the Masters 1000 with partial scores of 6-4, 2-6 and 6-4.

The first set showed that the North American was very confident with his serve and he had no problem winning the first game of the match. Something very different from what the Chilean had to face with his serve. After a long duel, and after saving two break points, Gago was able to recover and equalize the score. .

In this way, and already knowing his rival a little more, the Chilean managed to complicate the service of his rival in the third game, although the local representative managed to avoid surprises and continue on the scoreboard 2- 1.

The second game with Garin serving was very different from the previous one. On this occasion, the Chilean was much more sure of his service and his movements, making 2-2 in the set without anything to reproach himself for. .

On the contrary, Giron in the fourth Games It was well below what was shown before. Although he complicated the Chilean with his serves on the backhand side of the national, he quickly guessed the American’s shot. He also knew how to take advantage of his first break option to move forward on the scoreboard and confirm it in the next match in front of the clear expressions of annoyance of his rival. .

Already in the ninth Games Garin put all the pressure on Giron who had to hold serve to stay alive on the set. However, this time the American closed all the doors to the Chilean who could close the set with his service. In the end, Gago had to fight from behind.

The Chilean lost the first two points of the tenth Games before regaining ground by going up to the net. And although other failures left him 15-40, he fought on until he found the 40-40 tie. . With the break opportunity lost, the 71st in the world found himself behind a set point against which he could do nothing. In the end, this recovery allowed Gago to take the first set 6-4 .

Already in the second set, Garin and Giron started it all. Neither risked more than necessary in early games and they ended up taking their respective serves. At room height Games Gago has already clarified his strategy of looking for balls at the net, a move that saw him close seven points in the first set, and four more so far. .

In the sixth game, Garin began to have some complications with the game offered by his rival, ending up with two break points on the counter. Faced with this situation, the Chilean resorted to the net approach. With this formula he saved one of them, but he couldn’t do anything with the second and the American took a 4-2 lead, a figure that extended to 5-2 after the American confirmed it with his serve. .

At the end, another break in the eighth Games allowed Giron to win the second set 6-2 and take the definition of the key in a third run.

In the last set, Garin started by putting pressure on his opponent and even had the chance to break early. However, the American fought to defend himself and ended up saving him. Everything changed in the fifth game. There, the Chilean pressed at the right time to close his second break opportunity and go ahead 3-2, a difference that changed to 4-2 after confirming it with his serve. .

The road seemed to get a little easier for Gago in game seven. There he managed to get four break points, all well defended by Girón to continue in the battle.

The game ended in the tenth Games. The Chilean ended up taking advantage of his serve to win the set 6-4 and the match .

Now, the national representative must concentrate to face the Argentinian Sebastián Báez (33rd) in his second match, who directly advanced to the second round of the main draw of the Miami Masters 1000.

After the duel, Gago relished the victory due to the difficulties the American gave him in the second set: “Good feelings, especially in the third set, because in the second he started to play in an incredible way, he scored a lot, he hit me aces and in the third I tried to go a little more at the net and take more initiative” he told ESPN.

Moreover, he had words for his next second-round rival, Argentine Sebastián Báez: “I like the way I play, I’m very good; I can go very far. Seba is a great player, I really like how he plays, let’s see what happens. We know each other and I want to keep playing like that.” .