Alejandro Tabilo assesses his first Davis Cup victory: “I was nervous, but I was able to let go”

Alejandro Tabilo gave Chile the first victory of the series against Peru in Davis Cup. It was a match that started very complicated for the national team, but where they ended up winning with class against Juan Pablo Varillas, something that the winning tennis player himself recognizes. “We had a very difficult match. “I knew the opponent was playing very well,” he said after the clash.

According to the Toronto native, the key was in the final games of the first set, where he began to assert himself. “We had to come in very intense, I arrived a little nervous and I played a little rushed and as the match progressed I was able to relax,” he explained.

“I think at the end of the first set, when we started playing longer points, I was able to get a little more rhythm,” he added on this point. Tabilo turned the situation around and it was the Peruvian who was nervous at the end.

Although he was born and raised in Canada, the country’s national tennis player is identified with the Fifth Region, which in the last two days has been affected by fires in different places. “It was very sad. We watched the news. I have family who live in Viña del Mar and Villa Alemana. In addition, a member of the team is from Quilpué and is affected,” Tabilo said.

In this sense, Jano sent a message of support to the residents of the Valparaíso region. “I only send them a lot of strength and we will be happy to give them a little joy,” they said at the press conference.