Tabilo and Barrios join Garin and say goodbye to US Open on qualifying debut

Alejandro Tabilo (110º) and Tomas Barrios (120º) they made their debut in US Open qualifying. However, they suffer the same fate as Christian Garin and find themselves eliminated in the first round. In the case of Ale against the experienced John Millman (326th), and in that of the chillanejo against the American Emilio Nava (155th).

Tabilo, seeded eleventh, had a tough day against the Australian and lost 6-4, 7-5. also being eliminated in the first qualifying round.

From the start, the duel for the left-hander was complex, since the oceanic player broke his entry service. And if he got it back in the second game, he lost it again in the next one. The sequence was then repeated and His rival took the lead largely thanks to the Chilean’s high number of unforced errors and some issues with his serve.

The second part retains the tonic of the first. Once again, Millman took the lead, this time in Game 3. The national tennis player was even close to suffering another break, but he managed to get out of this situation and raise his level, which allowed him to equalize in the round of 16. Games. In the tenth, Guillermo Gómez’s student had two set points, but the Australian saved them in a big way.

From there things got worse the country’s third racket failed to hold serve in the eleventh game. His rival did not fail and closed the passage to the next round thanks to his service.

For his part, Barrios also did not show his best version and achieved almost two months without winning. After a hard-fought first set against Nava, a single break in the twelfth game was enough for the American to win 7-5.

In the second quarter, the national fourth racket got off to a good start, starting from the start, but its rival immediately returned the courtesy. Two additional breaks therefore condemned the fate of the Chilean, who lost the set 6-2. and now he will play in the Challenger of Mallorca, a competition in which Tabilo will probably also participate.

Christian Garin adds another disappointment in a 2023 marked by irregularities. the ariqueno, second national racket and which occupies the 91st position in the ATP ranking failed to master the Frenchman Titouan Droguet, 172nd in the planetary ranking, and said goodbye to him in his qualifying debut at the US Open, the last Grand Slam of the season .

The Tank thus achieves a disastrous passage through the four main tournaments of the season. After his unsuccessful stint in the North American competition, Australian Open first-round elimination adds up . To make matters worse, he did not play at Roland-Garros or Wimbledon.

The mutual ruptures of the beginning marked that the engagement was going to be unpredictable. However, Luck ended up on the side of the European who, in the seventh game, broke the Chilean’s serve again. which was enough to seal the advantage with which he closed the first set, 6-4.

The second was sadder: Garin dropped his first service game and collided with a solid opponent to reaffirm that break and not allow any concessions in the rest of the quarter. . Another break, still in the seventh game, determined that the duel entered the home stretch. The French won 6-2 .

Thus, the only national who will play the main draw of the last major of the season is Nicolas Jarry, who will be seeded.

Garin, meanwhile, will have to turn the page and regain their motivation for the Davis Cup, in which Chile return to the World Group to face Sweden, Italy and Canada, with whom they share Group A. . The first two of the lot will enter the final phase of the Saladier d’Argent competition, which will take place in November. In fact, the match was watched in the stands by captain Nicolás Massú.