The American tennis player was clearly dominating the match against the Chilean in the tournament which is being held on grass in Germany.
It was Christian Garin’s debut and farewell at the ATP 500 in Halle, Germany. The Chilean tennis player was eliminated in the first round of the grass-court tournament after falling 6-2, 6-3 to American Sebastian Korda in one hour and 20 minutes of competition. .
The first set started evenly until the fourth game, when Garin had to defend a break option which he saved without major problems. Something that was not repeated in the sixth Gamewell there Korda pulled out all the stops and managed to go ahead 4-2. Then, in the eighth, he ended up closing the first quarter with another break to lead 6-2. .
In the second set, the game of the national athlete opened the possibility of gaining distance in his favor in the third game. There he fought with everything to snatch his rival’s serve, having two options of pause. However, the American managed to defend himself and hold the serve .
And apparently this fight ended up hurting Gago, because in the Game The next one was very erratic and ended up losing to Korda and after confirming it the American was leading 4-2 in the quarter.
Already in the eighth game, Garin had to struggle to stay alive in the definition. Korda had three options to end the match with a break. However, Gago showed his strength and managed to hold his serve. In any case, the American closed everything with his serve to take the set and the match .
With this result, Sebastian Korda will have to prepare to face the Spaniard Pablo Carreño in the second round of the competition, who has just eliminated the Dane Holger Rune 6-4 and 7-6 (5).
For his part, Garin will have to focus on his upcoming performance at ATP 250 in Eastbourne in preparation for Wimbledon.
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Source: Latercera
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