Alejandro Tabilo deepens his bad moment in Antofagasta and misses victory again

Alejandro Tabilo (125°) is going through a difficult time on the circuit. To the many injuries and setbacks he suffered adds a series of defeats that today have a very difficult period in terms of confidence, which was during the last series against Canada for the Davis Cup final.

Back in Chile, the national tennis player presented himself at the Dove Men+Care Challenger 100 in Antofagasta, where he faced the American Tristan Boyer (370°). However, once again, the ghosts got the better of him and ended up punishing him with a heavy defeat, 6-3, 1-6 and 7-6(9).

The national tennis player began by breaking the American’s serve. However, his rival immediately recovered and in the fourth game he broke the Chilean’s serve again, to take a clear advantage and put the first set on track.

After dropping that first set, the Toronto native changed his attitude and played at a high level, which allowed him to quickly go up 5-0 and then calmly close the second set with his service.

However, doubts reappeared in the final set, where the Chilean showed composure to save break points against him and then achieve the desired goal. to break in the seventh game. However, At the time of closing his service, the student of Guillermo Gómez was not well and could not achieve victory once again.

Finally, everything was defined in the decisive game, where he once again had two chances to win. However, both match points (one of them with the left-handed serve) wasted them and ended up delivering an incredible match in two hours and 42 minutes.

Another Chilean who also played was Matías Soto, eliminated by the Italian Luciano Darderi, winner 6-3 and 7-6 (4) while Gonzalo Lama will face Frenchman Maxime Janvier, and Tomás Barrios will make his debut later against Brazilian Pedro Boscardin.