This Monday, a new ranking update was delivered, with downward changes for the national representatives just before the clash against Peru at the National Stadium.
This Monday, the ATP carried out a new update of the ranking of tennis players, just after the end of the Australian Open where three national athletes said goodbye to each other in the first round of the Grand Slam. Due to these defeats, the main national rackets suffered losses in their positions and one of them even left the top 100 group. .
The best placed remains Nicolas Jarry , who bid farewell to the Australian competition in the first round, risking losing his place among the top 20 on the planet. Thus, Nico goes from 18th to 20th place.
Further down the list is Alexandre Tabilo . The tennis player who won the ATP title from Auckland appeared with good credentials at the Melbourne tournament. However, fatigue eventually took its toll on him when he faced the first round, when he fell and had to say goodbye to Melbourne. Now, he has lost five positions to find himself in 54th place. .
Christian Garin , in the meantime, also suffered a fall. After losing in the first round in Australia and in the first match of the Punta del Este Challenger, He loses three places and is 89th in the world .
And one of the most significant changes is that of Marcelo Tomás Barrios . The Chilanejo failed to enter the main draw of the first Grand Slam of the season after falling in the first round of qualifying. And like Gago, he said goodbye during the first round of Punta del Este, loses 14 places and leaves the Top 100. He is now 107th in the world .
Davis Cup Week
These changes come just at the start of the week that will be marked by Chile’s Davis Cup series against Peru. . This Saturday, February 3, the action will begin with two singles matches, while the next day will see doubles and individual matches.
In this case, Chile’s permanence in the World Group of the competition is at stake on the central field of the National Stadium, which was changed from clay to cement at the express request of Nicolás Massú.
Indeed, the captain of the Chilean team understands that given the time spent by the rival and the Chileans on the hard court of the Australian Open, it can be much more profitable.
“We are ready to play the Davis Cup, we are very excited, we can’t wait, we want to come back to the World Group “, underlined Masú a few days ago.
“Last year we were able to play in Europe against the best in the world, against Italy who became champions, with Canada who became champions a year before, and we were able to compete on equal terms with them,” he added.
The national Top 5
- 20th Nicolas Jarry 1,810 points
- 54° Alexandro Tabilo 936
- 89° Christian Garin 680
- 107° Tomás Barrios 578
- 515° Gonzalo Lama 76
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