Davis Cup: Barrios and Tabilo win doubles to complete Chile’s perfect series against Sweden

Only smiles in the Chilean Davis Cup team. On a dream day in Italy, those led by Nicolás Massú managed to close the series against Sweden with a resounding 3-0, thus putting their foot down in Group A of the tournament. This Friday, they will face the locals.

Responsible for this perfect series were Alejandro Tabilo and Tomás Barrios, who won the doubles in a hard-fought match against Andre Goransson and Filip Bergevi. The victory was obtained 6-4 and 7-5 in one hour and 20 minutes of play.

The national team, which has been playing together for years, has always produced very fluid and extremely solid tennis on the net. Tabilo’s oblique shots mix perfectly with Barrios’ flat strikes, creating a duo that exploits their qualities throughout the match. In the first set, for example, they managed to convert one of the two break chances they had, scored with four aces and did not double fault.

This one early punishment was the one they needed to win the first set 6-4 and unleash the support of the Chilean public who came to Bologna to accompany the tennis players and who did not leave the room after the delegation won victory in singles. duels.

Of course, Andre Goransson and Filip Bergevi did not weaken in the second set and continued to complicate Barrios and Tabilo, who despite excellent tennis failed to break their rivals’ serve. The punishment finally came at 5-5, managing to close later with her serve.

Chile thus achieved a perfect performance during this first day and beat Sweden 3-0. On Friday, they will face an Italy reduced by the defeats of Jannik Sinner (6th) and Matteo Berrettini (36th).