Alejandro Tabilo gives everything to reach the ATP quarter-finals in Auckland

Alejandro Tabilo managed to book into the ATP quarter-finals in Auckland early this Wednesday New Zealand, after giving everything in the duel against the Dutchman Botic Van De Zandschulp.

After an hour and 17 minutes of play, the national tennis player managed to beat the European 7-5 and 6-3 in the round of 16 of the tournament. .

Of course, the battle began unfavorably for the domestic racket. In fact, in the first match, he had to watch his rival manage to take his serve at the first opportunity. . But far from relaxing, Tablilo pressed the game and managed to recover it in the eighth. Games.

But the effort was eclipsed again in the next game, leaving the score at 5-4 against and with the Dutchman serving. So, to prevent Van De Zandschulp from closing the first set, he had to fight with everything and emerged triumphant from the duel, managing to establish the momentary 5-5.

The key moment arrived on the 12th Games . Tabilo took advantage of his second break chance to avoid a tie-break and win the first set of the match 7-5 .

This emotional momentum was reflected in the second set, managing to break his rival’s serve in the second game, situation which was enough for him to manage the advantage and close the match 6-3, qualifying for the quarter-finals .

In this case, you now need to prepare for a bigger challenge. The British will be waiting on the other side of the net Cameron Norrie 19th in the ATP rankings, which is also the second best seed in the tournament.

Another notable performance in the Chilean morning was achieved by Nicolás Jarry (18th). During a difficult start at the ATP 250 in Adelaide, the first Chilean racket beat the Italian Matteo Arnaldi (41st) in three hard-fought sets. .

In a match that lasted three hours and 26 minutes, the decision was decided on partial scores of 6-7 (5), 7-6 (9) and 6-4 for the Santiago player, who will face in the quarters in the final the Czech Jiri Lehecka. (32nd), which left the Serbian Dusan Lajovic (52nd) on the road 7-5, 4-6 and 6-3.

One of the key points of the duel was experienced in the decisive game of the second set. At that moment, Jarry had to save a match point against him to continue to expand the definition. .

“I am extremely happy because it was a very difficult match. “, declared Jarry after the victory. “Matteo is a great player, he is very strong mentally and he has been playing very good tennis since last year. So I’m very happy to have held on despite the defeat. ANDThis gives me confidence and a lot of energy to continue this start of the year. “he added.

“I hope to continue to have games as good as this one », concluded the 28-year-old Chilean.

Also present was Tomás Barrios, who made his debut and surprisingly said goodbye to qualifying to enter the main draw of the Australian Open. .

The Chilean, 95th in the world, ended up losing 6-3 and 7-6 (8) against Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (201st).

Thus, only Nicolás Jarry, Cristian Garin and Alejandro Tabilo could be present at the first Grand Slam of the year.