Nicolás Jarry settles into semi-final in Germany and looks askance at the top 100

For the second consecutive week, Nicolás Jarry (121st ATP) is installed in the semi-final of a European challenger. If last week it was in Oeiras, in Portugal, this week it is the turn of Luedenscheid, in Germany. And he did it with enough class against a rising rival like the Argentinian Santiago Rodríguez Taverna (176th). Victory by 4-6, 6-4 and 6-2 puts the Chilean back in the top four and with the illusion of returning to the top 100.

The match was not easy, the trans-Andean tennis player has a very powerful forehand and his ball speed is not that different from the national player. However, Nico was able to powerfully counter his rival’s attacks. Maybe the only time he was disappointed It was in the tenth game of the first set, where Rodríguez took advantage of the first break option he had to keep the set.

Despite this setback, the top seed served very well and didn’t even concede break options anymore. Moreover, he improved on the return and found chances to level the score by taking better advantage of second-serve returns. In fact, a Pause at the start of the second quarter, it was enough to bring everything to a final chapter.

In the final round, the national racket was more in every way. Another break in the opener made things much easier, which was then accentuated by another break in the seventh. Game. Thus, he managed to structure an important victory, which begins to bring him closer to the goal of returning to the top 100, of which he is less than 100 units. And it also achieves an important cushion, since on July 11, he will lose all 50 points from the Salzburg Challenger final last year. That’s why a good harvest in Germany will allow him to defend well and keep an eye on the elite group.

For the passage to the final, Jarry will face the Serb Hamad Medjedovic (395th) 18, who crushed the experienced Marco Cecchinato (166th) , for a 6-1 double. The game is scheduled for Saturday at 8:30 a.m.