The first national racket had not won since January 19 and reversed the situation for the American Jack Sock (138th), to reach the knockout stages of the ATP 250. The same phase as his compatriot qualified by obtaining a victory against Christian Harrison (321st).
Christian Garin returned (29th). The triumphs returned for the first national racket, which had to wait more than two months for an ATP victory. And, given the way the match went, it will be an evening that Gago will hardly forget: he beat the American Jack Sock (138th) in part 4-6 6-3 and 7-5 to qualify for the Round of 16 of the ATP 250 in Houston.
Things started in trouble for the Chilean, who lost 4-6 in the first set. However, the ghosts that still haunt them disappeared in the second set and they won 6-3. It looked like everything was back to normal, but the host came back into the game and were 4-1 in the third quarter.
Also, Garín was back and with a cool mind and his natural talent, he overturned the score and won 7-5 take the game and his first victory since last January 19. From now on, he will play with the Australian Jordan Thompson (83rd) at a time to be confirmed.
Tabilo also entered
For its part, Alejandro Tabilo (100th) faced fellow American Christian Harrison (321st), who came from the playoffs and whose best result of the year was the semi-finals against challenger Monterrey. Perhaps for the same reason, he didn’t fight the Davis Cup hero much and in the first set, with three breaks in his favor, he won 6-1.
Yes Although the second set was more even, in the dreaded seventh game Tabilo held his rival’s serve and ended up winning 6-4 to seal their advance to the round of 16. Instance where he already has a rival, because there he will face the also local Taylor Fritz. The duel will be a difficult clash for Alejandro, since the tennis player is the second seed of the tournament and is located in box 13 of the ATP ranking.
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