Even though he did not score any points, the results of the other tennis players benefited Tomás Barrios who climbed eight places and settled in 95th position.
Tomas Barrios starts 2024 with everything . After losing the possibility of entering the Top 100 of the world tennis rankings in early December 2023, unexpectedly falling in the semifinals of the Temuco Challenger, the Chilanejo achieved his goal.
This is due to the fact The national tennis player mathematically ensured his presence among the top hundred, managing to equal a national mark that had not been repeated since the 70s. .
Barrios will be the 15th Chilean to reach this group and, along with Nicolás Jarry (19th), Alejandro Tabilo (82nd) and Christian Garin (89th), they will be the first four national tennis players to be among the top 100 simultaneously. since Jaime Fillol (27th), Hans Gildemeister (34th), Patricio Cornejo (74th) and Belus Prajoux (96th) did so in August 1978 .
In this way, the fourth national racket will be one of the top seeds in the Australian Open qualifiers. The best scenario would be to enter directly into the main draw, but to achieve this you would have to wait, for the moment, for seven defeats.
Barrios’ goal now will be to stay in this select group, defending the important points from last season. Among them, the quarter-finals of the ATP 250 in Córdoba and the overtaken Qualy of the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro. Thus, a good performance during the previous phase in Melbourne which allows him to directly access the Grand Slam of Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the United States Open. .
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