Change on the pitch: Jarry becomes Eastbourne’s fourth seed and a first-round bye

The loss of Alex de Miñaur placed the Chilean as the tournament’s fourth seed. His debut will take place on Tuesday, in the round of 16, where he will await the winner of Grégoire Barrere or Emil Ruusuvuori.

Nicolás Jarry (28th in the ATP ranking) is preparing to compete in the ATP 250 in Eastbourne, his second event of the season on grass. The British competition is the prelude to the third Grand Slam of the year: Wimbledon .

The first national racket was going to make its debut on Monday, against the Swede Mikael Ymer (63rd), for the round of the 32 best of the tournament. However, The man from Santiago suffered a change of position in the championship table due to the loss of Alex De Miñaur (18th).

El Príncipe was the fifth seed, however, the Australian’s retirement allowed him to position himself as the tournament’s fourth seed. This will allow him to start the competition as soon as the round of 16, so his debut will not take place until Tuesday.

In the first case, Jarry was located at the top of the frame. Now, in the meantime, he has remained in the lower area of ​​the crossroads and rival awaits the winner of the confrontation between the French Grégoire Barrere (58th) and the Finn Emil Ruusuvuori (44th).

With a view to Wimbledon

Jarry will look to come out of his Halle loss at the hands of Alexander Zverev (22nd) and look to extend his good time, which places him among the top 30 tennis players on the planet and as one of the top five servers in the planet. circuit.

It’s worth mentioning that the Chilean has to win the Round of 16 duel to add the points, as he doesn’t have the guaranteed units when he enters the said instance directly. For this, it must be measured with Barrere or Ruusuvuori. Either way, their Round of 16 clash will be unprecedented as Jarry hasn’t faced either of them in his career.

The focus is on Eastbourne, but the national premier racquet looks aside at what happens next week when Wimbledon starts. Jarry will leave the Channel coast and travel 123 kilometers north to stop in the English capital. There, the Chilean will play the third Grand Slam of the year, where he will be seeded for the first time in his career.

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Source: Latercera

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