The national tennis player, current number 124 in the ATP ranking, beat the Italian Riccardo Bonadio (194) in three sets of 6-4, 4-6 and 7-6(3).
Christian Garin is gradually regaining his form on the ATP circuit. This Friday, the national tennis player, 124th in the ATP ranking, took advantage of his opportunities and entered the Challenger semi-finals in Iasi, Romania, after beating the Italian in three sets of 6-4, 4- 6 and 7-6. (3) Riccardo Bonadio (194th) .
In the opening set, the Chilean started with everything, breaking his rival’s serve in the opener. The European tried to respond to this in the same way, threatening Gago’s serve in the second Gamesbut Garin was careful to avoid it and confirm the break.
From then on, the national tennis player managed to continue to hold his serve, even though he had to try again at the end of the first set. In the tenth game, serving to take the set, Bonadio managed to have two break points in his favor. There, the Chilean brought out the best to overcome this pressure, recover ground and ended up closing the set 6-4 .
In the second, Garin took the lead with a break in the third game, and managed to confirm it in the next. However, a series of exchanges of services between the sixth and eighth Games left the set even 4-4. The final difference was made in the tenth, with a new break that allowed the Europeans to force the third set 6-4 .
In the final partial and after having recorded a break for each, the duel had to be defined in the decisive game. In this case, Garin had a 6-1 advantage, until he is able to close the set and the match 7-6(3) .
With this victory, Garin managed to be the second national racket again as seen in the live rankings . With this performance in Romania, Gago adds 36 new points that allow him to move up five positions to 119th place with a total of 534 points, leaving Tomás Barrios in third place nationally, who remains in 123rd place with a total of 519 Cumulative positives after overtaking by Wimbledon.
Nicolás Jarry, meanwhile, remains Chile’s first racket after reaching the Wimbledon third round , falling to Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz. Nico will appear on Monday at the 26th position, the best of his career.
From now on, Garin’s rival in the Iasi Challenger will emerge victorious in the duel between the Spaniard Bernabé Zapata Miralles (53rd) and the 17-year-old Czech Jakub Mensik (217th).
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