He returns after three and a half years without competition: Julio Peralta appears registered with the Munich ATP

The Chilean voice actor has not played in a professional tournament since October 2018, for which many have assumed his retirement. He will play in the German competition accompanied by Franko Skugor, world number 69 in the specialty.

Julio Peralta returns to claim his presence in an ATP tournament. The Chilean voice actor appears registered for the Munich tournament, which begins on April 23. Thus, he ends nearly four years without participating in the professional circuit. The news was confirmed after the publication of the list of entries of the German competition, where he appears accompanied by Franko Skugor, world number 69 in doubles .

national tennis player he had played his last professional match on October 22, 2018 , when he fell, with Horacio Zeballos, in the semi-finals of the ATP 500 in Basel. At that time the national was 40 in the world in the specialty. Unfortunately for Big Julius, his body wouldn’t allow him to play again, even excluding him from the Davis Cup series against Austria in February 2019, where he only managed to complete one training session. .

wrist injury

The reason was a severe wrist injury, known as degenerative triangular fibrocartilage. It was because of her that the doubles player strayed from professionalism during this long period, which caused many to consider him retired. But no. Peralta will now look to re-enter the ATP, which thanks to his protected classification (39th) it could be simplified. Currently, the national tennis player can play all the Masters 1000 and Grand Slams of the year.

We must remember that the Chilean became 29th in the world in 2017 and that in 2018, his last season on the circuit, he managed to become champion in Bastad and Hamburg, in addition to reaching the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters 1000.

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Source: Latercera

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