Christian Garin beats China’s Jie Cui and is one win away from entering the Beijing ATP main draw

Christian Garin (102nd in the ATP rankings) took an important step towards entering the main draw of the ATP 500 in Beijing. Taking advantage of the fact that the list was running, the Chilean was able to play the first round of qualifying for the tournament, against the Chinese Jie Cui (583rd). In this case, the national tennis player won 7-5 and 6-2 in just over an hour and a half of competition.

Of course, the start of the match was not the best for Gago. The second national racket lost its first service, trailing 2-0 at the start of the first set. In any case, this situation ended up being just a scare, because in the next game he managed to recover the break and, after confirmation, left the score tied 2-2. .

On the fifth Games Garin went on the attack. Taking advantage of his rival’s mistakes, he managed to get two break points which Cui managed to save just enough. Later, history repeated itself in the ninth game, in which the Chilean saved three break points that ultimately came to nothing.

However, it finally paid off in the 11th Games. In this case, the Chinese failed again, leaving 0-40. Thus, Garin managed to win the first defining set by 7-5 .

This momentum was reflected from the start of the second set. The Asian tennis player was leading 40-0. However, Gago fought on every point until he got the break. Then, in the third, he ended up giving the final blow by once again snatching his rival’s service, leaving him leading 3-0.

With this difference, the Chilean only had to maintain his serve to close the set 6-2, win the match and advance to the final round of the tournament. quality .

There he will have to face an already known tennis player. It’s South African Lloyd Harris (162nd) against whom he has recorded two previous meetings with a victory in each. The African won the ATP in Adelaide in 2020, while the Chilean got his revenge in 2021 while competing in the ATP in Rome. .

If he manages to advance, Garin will accompany Nicolás Jarry (22nd) in the main draw . The national number one will begin his participation with a difficult rival. After the draw, it was determined that Nico will face the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (5th) . This will be the fourth time that the two competitors will face each other, with two victories each.