The native of Arica (124th) lost to the Spaniard Bernabé Zapata Miralles (53rd), by partials of 2-6, 7-5 and 6-3, in the Romanian match. The Canadian of origin (145th), meanwhile, could not beat the Frenchman Benoit Paire (147th), 6-4, 6-1, and found himself at the gates of the final of the Italian tournament. Despite this, both climbed positions in the ATP rankings.
The Chilean streak is over. During this day, Christian Garin (124th in the ATP ranking) was eliminated in the semi-finals of the Challenger 100 in Iasi, Romania. The national tennis player he fell in three sets against the Spaniard Bernabé Zapata Miralles (53rd), by partials of 2-6, 7-5 and 6-3 in two hours and eleven minutes.
The ariqueño started well and took the lead. He continued in line with what had been done during the week and managed to break the Hispanic twice, taking the first set without major difficulties. He had no surprises before the first seed in the Romanian contest.
However, Zapata managed to pull himself together and spoke about his terms. The Chilean and the Spaniard clashed in the second set, but the latter took the set. It hit the Tank, which would result in a bad start in the third and final. The European took the lead and managed to be 3-0. Finally, he condemned the match and his assist to the Challenger final.
Garin, who is coming back from a complex injury, missed the chance to qualify for a final of this type of tournament for the first time since 2018. However, his performance in Romania allowed him to climb the live rankings, where he is in position 119.
Next week the national will contest the Challenger 75 in Tampere, Finland . Monday July 17 Gago, who is the second seed in the contest, will make his debut against Croatian Nino Serdarusic (282°) .
End of the Tabilo sequence
Another who fell was Alejandro Tabilo (145°) . The Toronto native was unable to extend his streak of eight straight victories and fell in the semi-final of the Challenger 100 at San Benedetto against Frenchman Benoit Paire (147th), 6-4, 6-1.
The southpaw suffered a resounding result. The first set was tied with the European set, but eventually gave way. However, the second set was reserved for the eccentric European tennis player, whom the Chilean beat in the Francavila Challenger final last May. Paire gave it a 4-0 start and won without major problems in the second quarter.
Despite the defeat, Jano has a nice gift. Tabilo managed to climb the world rankings and placed 123rd live, four boxes behind Garin. Tomás Barrios, for his part, was ranked 124th in the live rankings, just one behind the Canada native.
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