The official website that governs world tennis ranks him as the second most successful tennis player on clay in the first seven months of competition. He is preceded only by the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the brand new world number one.
Nicolás Jarry only adds praise. As the Chilean tennis player prepares in Barcelona for the next tournaments, the official ATP website highlights his participation in the 2023 season.
The story of Nicolás Jarry left no one indifferent. It’s not just Carlos Alcaraz, the new Wimbledon champion, who hesitates to praise him. Now the tennis portal highlights him as the second tennis player of the season who has won the most matches in competitions played on clay.
The list is led by Carlos Alcaraz, the Spaniard who has just obtained his second Grand Slam, with 25 victories. He is followed by the Chilean, with 19 victories. Then there is Cameron Norrie (18) and Argentinian Fran Cerúndolo (17).
Recall that the performances of Nicolás Jarry elevate him as one of the athletes who have progressed the most in the rankings during the year 2023, after having started the year well below the top 100. the list of January 2, the first of the season, surprised the first Chilean racket at number 152 of the list that brings together the best tennis players on the planet.
The beginning of a year that has been the best of his career. During this internship, the 27-year-old athlete won two of the three titles of his career, in santiago And Geneva (both on clay surface). At Roland-Garros, he entered directly into the main scheme and only experienced defeat in the round of 16, against the Norwegian Casper Ruud, who was a finalist. At something similar happened in Wimbledon, a tournament in which he has just lost in the third round against the Spaniards Carlos Alcaraz world number one and that on Sunday he will seek the title against Novak Djokovic.
A remarkable campaign that enabled Jarry to find the best location in its history, after appearing in twenty-sixth position in the world list, since June 19th. A lead of 126 places in the standings one of the best developments of the year when tThere are still a few months of competition left, which They could well leave the Chilean in the top twenty players.
It is more, Jarry’s progress is the second best in the TOP 50 At least until today. The only one who surpasses the Santiago is the German Jan-Lennard Struff, who started the season at the post 150 and in the last list he was located twenty-second, that is, he has advanced 128 places from January to date. Of course, this Monday he will start from two boxes.
In theory Jarry was going to play the ATP 500 in Washington, the Masters 1000 in Toronto and Cincinnati then finish with the US Open, but today the national player announced a new stop on his calendar. This is the ATP 250 in Los Cabos, Mexico, a tournament to which he was invited by the organization. The Chilean will be joined by Stefanos Tsitsipas (5th), Karen Khachanov (11th), Cameron Norrie (13th), Borna Coric (15th), Alex De Miñaur (18th) and John Isner (126th). In addition, the event will have nationals Christian Garin (119th) and Tomás Barrios (125th).
The present is so positive for the national that even his grandfather, Jaime Fillol, is confident that he will end the year in the best possible way. “He has a lot of possibilities, because he has performed better. In Australia, in January, he already showed that he had great potential, winning games with a very low ranking. Then he won the ATP in Santiago with a low ranking, so he improved. I think on hard courts he will do well in the next championships “, he commented in an interview with La Tercera.
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