Nicolás Jarry remains firm in Portugal: he is already in the top eight of the Oeiras Challenger

While a large part of the world circuit thinks in green, Nicolás Jarry (129th) continues to bet on orange. Apart from the grass court tour, the Chilean took advantage of his time in Europe to play Challenger tournaments on clay, the first of which was Oeiras in Portugal. A more than profitable week for the former world 60, since after his victory today he reaches the quarter-finals.

Nicholas beat local Goncalo Oliveira (351st) by a double 6-3 in 72 minutes of play to ensure their passage to the round of the eight best. It was a meeting where the second national racquet dominated with his service, achieving very good statistics with a stroke with which he always made the difference.

Have a 72% of first serves in the match, winning 91% of those points . Percentages that show how dominant Jarry was on serve, which also meant the Portuguese had no chance of breaking throughout the game. The Chilean, on the other hand, made breaks, making two in the first quarter and one in the second. Two punishments that ended up balancing the scales.

Now a totally different player will come, as his quarter-final rival will be the young Frenchman Kyrian Jacquet (451°) which he has never faced, so it will be a duel which in the first matches will seek to know the opponent more than to reaffirm a strategy.

The 21-year-old Frenchman has just eliminated Brazilian Oscar Gutiérrez 6-4, 6-3 and despite his best ranking being 300 in the world, he is a player who is still improving. This 2022 he got his best result in the future of Madrid, where he reached the semi-finals.

This makes us think that Nicolás is better for the duel for the top eight, it is a great opportunity to return to the semi-finals of a Challenger after his passage through Aix-en-Provence almost a month ago.

In this way, the Chilean is guaranteed a promotion of at least six places in the world rankings, which is undoubtedly a relief after the complicated blow of missing Wimbledon (his favorite tournament) due to physical ailment. “Unfortunately I won’t be able to play the grass trick as it is very damaging and hard on the hip “, he had commented a few days ago, when he traveled to Barcelona to treat the injury. A decision now camouflaged by these good results in Portugal, where he is accompanied by his wife and his newborn son.

The duel for the quarter-finals will be played this Friday not before 06:20 (Chilean time). Jarry will look to come back in decisive instances and look forward to securing his first singles title of the year.