Premiere and farewell: Alejandro Tabilo falls to local Thiago Seyboth Wild and says goodbye to Rio de Janeiro

Alexandre Tabilo had everything to start with a triumph during its premiere at ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro but failed in the decisive moments to grant victory to the home team Thiago Seyboth Sauvage who won 2-6, 6-4 and 6-4 in two hours and 15 minutes of play.

A day that started quietly for the second national racket. He had no major complications to hold his first two games on serve, while the local credit returned the kindness to make the score 2-2. .

The Toronto native also had no trouble finishing fifth Games and are thus placed 3-2. But the sixth was a turning point for Seyboth Wild, who completely lost his focus.

The set was at 30 when a tight ball from Tabilo on the line dislocated the Brazilian, who was down on a break point. The Chilean did not miss the opportunity and took the lead 4-2.

The national athlete also had no major surprises to achieve a 5-2 record and leave the possibility of returning to the match in the hands of his rival. However, this failed miserably. Tabilo took advantage of the only set point in his favor to win 6-2 in the first set, after 32 minutes of play.

However, The Brazilian learns lessons from this first setback . Pushed by the local public, the Carioca He managed to give more force to his shots on the serve of the Chilean, who gave up his serve for the first time in the match to lead 0-1.

A momentum that the Brazilian managed to extend from the second game, with the service in his favor. Not before recovering from three break points in favor of the Chilean, ultimately trailing 2-0.

And although the national managed to maintain his serve, the same irregularity he showed in the second set allowed the 3-1 partial of Seyboth Wild, who once again pushed his opponent to the limit in the fifth. Gamesalthough Tabilo managed to reduce the distance 2-3, but with the service on the other side of the court.

This time the Rio player did not hesitate and, despite the resistance of the national credit, was able to take the advantage 4-2. Tabilo reduced his rival’s lead to 3-4, but the Brazilian once again showed no obvious flaws in his game to lead 5-3, with an ace and a winning shot.

The Chilean still struggled to get a little closer to the Brazilian, but he closed the second set with a score of 6-4 in 49 minutes, without giving his opponent a single point in the last. Games .

New match in Rio de Janeiro, where the two rivals had the same chances of reaching the second round if they won the third round. So, quickly, the match became 1-1, with both winning their respective serves easily.

Tabilo managed to maintain this balance to gain a 2-1 advantage. Then, the fourth became more contested. The Chilean had a break point, but Seyboth Wild managed to save this first warning and then closed the match with a good serve to make the score 2-2.

A tie that remained intact, even until 3-3. In the seventh GamesWith the Chilean serve, the match went 0-30, although the Canadian did not lose his composure to maintain a 4-3 lead.

Enough delivery for the Toronto player to attempt the attack in the eighth game. In this way he took the Games until a first break point, which the Carioca man managed to save with a pair of angled rights, as well as a drop shot which forced an unsuccessful effort from the Chilean.

Seyboth Wild took advantage of the public’s momentum and the Chilean’s doubts. In the ninth game he managed to get a double break point in his favor and a very long ball from the Chilean ended with a 5-4 lead for the Carioca and with the service in his favor.

In the tenth game, the Brazilian kept the ball and took advantage of the desperation of Tabilo . They managed to get 40-0, with three match points. The Chilean saved one, but an unforced error gave the victory to the local player in two hours and 15 minutes of the match against the winner of Santiago in 2020 .