Christian Garin defeats Elias Ymer without major complications and advances to the second round of Wimbledon

Christian Garin is already in the second round at Wimbledon. The national tennis player was to face the Italian Matteo Berretini that day. However, the 11th in the world was contaminated by Covid-19, so it was Elias Ymer (137th) who took his place. This is how the Chilean, 43rd in the ATP ranking, beat the Swede in three sets of 6-3, 7-5 and 6-4 in two hours and nine minutes of competition. .

The first set started with some scares for the national first racket as the Swede was attacking with everything from the start and gave him some scares in the first games, reaching three break options well saved by the Chilean.

A different situation than the European had to face in the fifth game, when Garin managed to have a triple break option which he ended up taking advantage of without major difficulties to settle above his rival 3- 2. After the confirmation, the Chilean had new options to break through to the seventh Gamebut this time Ymer managed to save them.

Of course, in the ninth, Garin closed the first set with another break that put him 6-3 above the Swede. .

The second started very differently. Ymer broke Gago’s first serve and with the development of the game it became 3-1 and with the possibility of scoring another break in his favor, although this time he was defended with everything by the national representative.

Already in the sixth game, with a hard-fought point, Garin collected the break and left the game tied at 3-3. After that, there were no changes until the 12th Game. There, the first national racket accelerated the pace and took advantage of his opponent’s mistakes to reach a new break and take the set 7-5. .

In the third set, the development of the games did not reflect major differences. After an exchange of breaks in third and fifth Game The duel continued without major jolts. Until the tenth, where the Chilean made another break to take the set 6-4 and the match .

With this victory, Garin will have to face the French Hugo Grenier (141st) in the second round at Wimbledon, who qualified after beating the Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler (105th) 6-3, 7-6 (0), 6 ( 5). -7, 2-6 and 6-4.

Italian Matteo Berretini, who was a runner-up in the 2021 edition, is expected to be Garin’s rival that day. However, the European announced via his Instagram account that he had tested positive for Covid-19, for which he was excluded from the competition.

In the post, the 26-year-old tennis player wrote: “I am sorry to announce that I have to withdraw from Wimbledon due to a positive Covid-19 result ″.

“I have fever symptoms and I have been isolated for a few days. Although the symptoms were not severe, I felt it was important to have another test in the morning to protect the health and safety of my teammates as well as everyone who makes the tournament possible. “, He continued.

Finally, he underlined: “I have no words to describe the great disappointment I feel. The dream is over for this year, I will come back stronger. Thank you very much for the support.”