The national tennis player, 102nd in the world ranking, fought, but was unable to overcome the German Jan-Lennard Struff (23rd) who ended up winning 6-3, 1-6 and 6 -4.
Christian Garin (102nd in the ATP ranking) bid farewell to the ATP Zhuhai in the second round of the competition taking place in China .
The national tennis player fought, but could not maintain the good level displayed in the second set and He ended up losing 6-3, 1-6 and 6-4 in just over two hours of competition against the German Jan-Lennard Struff (23rd). .
In the first set, the match became unequal in the third game. There, Gago ended up abandoning his serve and his rival gave him no chance to recover it. This is how the difference remained until the ninth Games an example in which another break from the German allowed him to win the first set .
In the second set, the story was very different. With breaks in the first and third games, with their respective confirmations, Garin led 4-0. Additionally, another break in the seventh game left the set 6-1, forcing a third set .
Of course, there, Garin’s performance declined. Just as he had done before, it was now Struff who took the initiative and ended up breaking the Chilean’s serve.
Far from remaining like this, the German continued to put pressure on the Chilean who had to defend four break options between the fifth and seventh game. Thus, the difference marked at the start allowed the German to close the match 6-4. thus gaining the possibility of fighting to reach the semi-finals of the competition against the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka (46th), eighth seed in the tournament.
Regardless, the Chilean will stay in China, since this Saturday he will have to play the first round of the doubles with the Argentinian Tomás Martín Etcheverry. With the trans-Andean, they will face the duo composed of the British Jamie Murray and the New Zealander Michael Venus.
Garin, absent from Santiago 2023
A few days ago, the Chilean tennis player announced his decision not to participate in the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games because his plan included focusing on the circuit to be able to add as many points as possible and thus return to the top 100, by choosing to participate in ATP tournaments without needing to go through qualifications.
Added to this is the possibility of participating directly in the next Australian Open and betting on the Masters 1000 at the end of the season, which gives you the possibility of adding greater income.
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