The “Prince” and Tomás Barrios made happy accounts after their last week of competition. While the Santiago man will feature at Eastbourne’s ATP 250 ahead of his Wimbledon appearance, the Chillanejo man and Alejandro Tabilo will be part of qualifying for the third Grand Slam of the season. For his part, Christian Garin will return to the circuit in July.
A new week of competition has had the main Chilean tennis players in the ATP circuit, with Nicolas Jarry (28th) being the center of attention as the most notable racquet in the country.
The “Prince” traveled to Germany to start the grass tour in the ATP 500 room, holding the highest ranking of his career after reaching the round of 16 at Roland Garros.
Consolidated among the top 30 tennis players in the world Jaime Fillol’s grandson reached the top-eight phase after beating the Frenchman Corentin Moutet (79th) and in Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (5th) then fall with the German Alexander Zverev (22nd) . These results will allow the man from Santiago, winner of two titles this year, maintain its location in view of the ATP 250 in Eastbourne (England) a challenge ahead of the Wimbledon Grand Slam, in which Jarry expects a second-round rival given his top-seeded status.
For its part, Christian Garin (124th) lives a moment diametrically opposed to that of his colleague: far from the first places in the ranking, ‘Gago’ has had an irregular season marred by injuries .
In fact, his last appearance on the circuit was in mid-May, when he had to give up due to a physical complication of his match against Serbian Laslo Djere (65th) in the third round of the Masters 1000 in Rome. A few days later, the Chilean announced his exclusion from Roland Garros due to a broken rib .
Also this Saturday the Wimbledon organization reported that “Gago” He was not one of the recipients of invitations to the contest, so he was kicked out of the tournament . Thus, the former world number 17 will seek to reintegrate into the competition in the Challengers from Milan (Italy) and Iasi (Romania) next July .
As Tomás Barrios is another who makes happy accounts . The chillanejo, current 148°, will appear this Monday in 133rd place thanks to his good performance in the Challenger 100 in Poznan (Poland) in which he was vice-champion after falling in the final with the Argentinian Mariano Navone (240°).
The third national racket had a good year, thanks to its titles in San Luis Potosí (Mexico) and Florianópolis (Brazil) a performance he now hopes to maintain on his debut at ranking of the third major of the season case in which he already has a rival: Russian Evgeny Donskoy (229th) .
Eventually, Alejandro Tabilo (144th) has just lost in the quarterfinals of the Challenger 75 in Cali (Colombia) with the Argentinian Santiago Rodríguez Taverna (253rd).
People born in Canada He could not reach the level that brought him to 64th place in the rankings having as the most outstanding achievements during the first half of the year the crown of Francavilla (Italy), the final of Florianópolis (lost against Barrios) and the round of 16 of the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells (United States) .
Like the native of Chillán, Tabilo will also be present in the Wimbledon qualifiers: his rival will be the Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert (493°) .
Chileans in the ATP ranking:
28 Nicholas Jarry
124 Christian Garin
133 Tomas Barrios
144 Alejandro Tabilo
427 Gonzalo Lama
588 Matias Soto
933 Diego Fernandez
1,040 Nicholas Bruna
1 256 Nicolas Villalon
1,269 Daniel Antonio Nunez
1,316 Bastien Malla
1327 Ignatius Becerra
1,384 Christopher Castro
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