Alejandro Tabilo must fight to the end to advance to Wimbledon second round

Alejandro Tabilo (78th in the ATP ranking) had to fight until the fifth set to beat the Serbian Laslo Djere (57th) 7-6 (6), 6-2, 1-6, 4-6 and 7-6 (11) . ) to advance to the second round at Wimbledon .

The duel began with threatening clouds above the to research 7 which received the clash between the Chilean and the Serb for the first round of the competition. That’s why it was no surprise that when the score was 1-1 and 15-0 in favor of Tabilo, the game had to be suspended for just over an hour due to rain.

After that, one of the first challenges for the second national racket came, because on the return to competition, the native of Canada had to defend his serve before withdrawing it and going up 2-1. Similar situation to the one he had to face in the seventh game, of course here he had to recover from two break options in favor of the European to continue 4-3.

The image seemed to flip to the tenth Game, because the Chilean took advantage of his games and had the possibility of obtaining the first break of the match and the set. Of course, Djere had no surprises and knew how to defend the serve to keep it 5-5.

This parity in the game could only be defined in the decisive game case Tabilo was stronger and ended up taking the first set 7-6(6) .

In the second set, Tabilo managed to deliver another blow to his rival by breaking his serve in the fifth game. Thus, and after confirming it in the next, he placed himself 4-2 above his opponent .

The Chilean continued to enjoy this moment in the seventh game of the partial, earning another break and closing it strong 6-2 .

In the third set, the match was complicated for the national representative. In the fourth game, Djere picked up his pace and took advantage of Tabilo’s mistakes to break him, confirming everything in the fifth which saw him come up 4-1. And as if that weren’t enough, a series of additional misses, including a double fault, saw the Serb go up 5-1 and close the set on serve 6-1 .

The fourth set went evenly, with both players managing to hold their serves through the first six games. However, in the seventh came the tie in favor of Djere. There, the Serb took the first opportunity to retire the national representative’s service and was ranked 4-3. JAbilo fought to prevent his rival from confirming the break, but to no avail. In this way, the Serb had the opportunity to take the fourth set with his serve 6-4 and stretched the definition of the duel until the fifth set. .

There, the Chilean released his game with everything. Although he had to defend a break point in the first Gamemanaged to score, break and confirm the point to go up 3-0.

The game started to get complicated for the Chilean in the ninth Game, when the Serb was able to break his serve as Tabilo looked to close the match. Thus, after not having materialized new ruptures, the duel had to be defined in the decisive game . In this case, and after intense definition, Tabilo ended up winning 7-6(11). .

With this victory, Alejandro Tabilo enters the second round of Wimbledon and will face the winner of the match between Australian John Millman (85th) and Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic (30th).