The Chilean won in two sets in the American competition which is played on green clay.
Tomás Barrios (141º ATP) made a solid debut in the Tallahassee Challenger 80 , or easily beat Indian Ramkumar Ramanathan (179th), 6-1 and 6-3 showing a very good level compared to the presentations he had had lately, where irregularity had been the protagonist.
Already from the first match, the chillanejo clearly made the differences. A set break put him ahead in the first set. Then, new breaks in the fifth and seventh games allowed him to complete a set where he had no counterweight. In reality, his rival wins just 44% of the points on the first serve and 27% on the second.
With few cracks, the pupil of Guillermo Gómez withstood the attempted reaction of his rival well. Throughout the duel, he didn’t even concede break point chances, while his return remained at an optimal level. A) Yes, in the sixth Game it happened Pause who defined everything, after a double fault from the Asian player.
For the passage to the quarter-finals, they will face the wild card Aleksandar Kovacevic (382nd), who beat beat the local quality Christian Labgmo (471st), 6-2 and 7-6 (1). While the other Chilean in competition, Gonzalo Lama (262nd) will face the Japanese Yosuke Watanuki (266th), who beat Dutchman Gijs Brouwer (274th) 6-1, 1-6 and 7-6 (1).
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