The Chilean will face the Japanese Taro Daniel (74), who has just beaten the American, 16th in the world, Ben Shelton in the semi-final. The duel will be played at 10 p.m.
Since the tournament that took place in Cordoba, in 2022, where he reached his first final, which Alexandre Tabilo had not reached the decisive stages of an ATP tournament. And now he’s done it on hard court, just like Fernando González did in Beijing 2007.
For this reason, tonight’s duel – 10 p.m. – is one of the most important of his career. Not only because can be crowned champion for the first time , but also for the millions of dollars in profits he will obtain if he lifts the trophy. The Chilean will face the Japanese Taro Daniel (74), who has just won in semi-finals to the 16th American in the world, Ben Shelton.
Today, the Chilean representative He already has a little more than 55 thousand dollars in his current account for having participated in the last duel of the ATP 250 in Auckland. But if he beats the Japanese Taro Daniel (64th), whom he has never faced, the amount increases considerably. This is what the organizers of the tournament taking place in New Zealand say They have reserved around 45 thousand dollars for the winner and with that, the Davis Cup team member will pocket 95,340 thousand dollars (nearly 87 million pesos). A figure which will be added to the more than a million dollars he has earned during his career (US$1,313,600).
The jump in the ranking
If he wins, the national athlete will also see a big jump in his professional ranking. The fact is that today and thanks to his access to the final, after beating the Frenchman Arthur Fils (35th), He got 178 points for his personal diary. He thus appears in 59th place in the ranking that the Association of Professional Tennis Players publishes online. and with this he surpasses the 64th place which he held as the best of his career.
If he manages to defeat the Japanese, he will advance 15 places and on Monday he will appear at number 49, which will be the best position of his career. . “It’s been almost two years since my last final, also since qualifying. That’s why I have an incredible feeling. “I’m very happy,” Tabilo said ahead of the match that could lead him to glory.
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