Alejandro Tabilo’s emotion after winning the Auckland ATP

Alejandro Tabilo looked at the trophy while holding it in his hands, with an emotion on his face rarely seen during his career. A moment that he will never forget in his life and, so far, the most important of his years of activity. In a brilliant week, in which he started from qualifying, He was crowned champion in Auckland, his first ATP title.

What happened in the final against Taro Daniel was only a reflection of the great tournament that the player of Canadian origin experienced. After a strong first set, they won 6-2. Then, in the second set, the Japanese tennis player offered strong resistance, but Ale managed to close everything with a 7-5 in favor to win the crown.

After the duel, Tabilo was able to bring out all the emotion contained during the duel: “It’s been an incredible week, I’m really happy. Finish this way. Thanks to my team, my family in Canada ”, he started to say.

The 26-year-old tennis player also took the opportunity to remember the lost ATP final in Córdoba and highlighted the work done since that moment: “Two years ago, from the Córdoba final, my tennis was improving. We work a lot emotionally and mentally,” he admitted.

Finally, he took the opportunity to leave a message to the New Zealand public: “It’s amazing and I hope to come back next year.”

With this, Tabilo becomes the third Chilean to win the Auckland ATP Championship title. Marcelo Ríos had already done it, during an unforgettable 1998 (the year he was world number 1) and Fernando González, in 2005.

However, the national athlete won’t have many hours to party. Indeed, on Sunday, he will make his debut at the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year.

In the first round, he will face the American Aleksandar Kovacevic. The meeting is agreed to no later than 9 p.m. in Chile.